Human Rights Monitoring Associate
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OHCHR represents the world's commitment to the promotion and protection of the full range of human rights and freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico works to ensure that institutions, authorities and the United Nations Country Team have adequate information, understanding, and skills to identify human rights concerns and to develop measures to address them effectively.
OHCHR-Mexico also works to ensure that civil society, human rights victims, rights holders, communities and human rights defenders have increased awareness of human rights standards and mechanisms.
- The Gender and ESCR Unit personally gives legal orientation to victims, particularly human rights defenders who defend the environment. The Gender and ESCR Unit also participates in field missions to follow up on cases of alleged human rights abuses, meeting with victims, family members of victims, local NGOs, and government authorities.
As Human Rights Monitoring Associate - ESCAZU you support OHCHR as follows:
- Contribute to research and collect information pertaining to human rights issues, particularly related to the Escazu Agreement and environmental topics;
- Participate in interviews with human rights victims, particularly human rights defenders in environmental matters in environmental matters, relevant authorities and civil society organizations as part of the documentation of cases;
- Assist in the analysis of information regarding substantive matters in the field of human rights;
- Assist in drafting inputs for reports, communications for UN reports and correspondence;
- Etc.
Part of the Talent programme "Swiss Youth at the United Nations / World Bank", this position is sponsored by the Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD).
