Country: Thailand
Closing date: 10 Jan 2018
Request for Proposals
Legal Consultant
Position: Legal Consultant (Part-time)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 1 February 2018- 30 April 2018
Reports to:Deputy Executive Director/ Programmes
I. Organisational and Programme Background Information
ECPAT International is a global network of civil society organisations working together to end the sexual exploitation of children. It seeks to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free and secure from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. The ECPAT network currently has 103 member organisations in 93 countries in all regions of the world.[1] All members are independent organisations or coalitions working against the sexual exploitation of children (SEC). The Secretariat of the Network is based in Bangkok, Thailand.
ECPAT supports the contributions to the UN Human Rights Reporting Mechanisms and Special Procedures through working with our member groups and partners in raising awareness, building capacities, and sharing technical expertise and data
The ECPAT Legal Programme works to ensure comprehensive legal frameworks are in place, particularly in ECPAT member countries, to protect children from sexual exploitation, and that these are consistent with international treaties. Between 2011 and 2016, ECPAT International submitted 30 alternative reports and additional information, covering both the CRC and the OPSC, to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Between 2010 and 2016, ECPAT provided technical support to the drafting, finalisation and submission of 48 contributions to the UPR. An assessment concluded that ECPAT contributions to the UPR directly influenced 29% of the final HRC recommendations addressing sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, and indirectly influenced about 52% of the final recommendations. In the recent period, ECPAT provided a number of briefing papers/submissions to the UN Special Representative and Rapporteurs, including contributions to the Thematic Report of the Special Rapporteur on Recovery and Reintegration of Children (2014), and the Thematic Report of the Special Rapporteur on Demand for Sexual Exploitation of Children (2015). ECPAT engages with regional entities such as the African Committee of Experts on the Welfare and Rights of the Child (ACERWC), OAS, SAIEVAC, ASEAN and CoE. ECPAT continues to respond to requests of the UN Special Procedures for assistance to country visits, formal and informal briefings and engagement with civil society.
ECPAT International is committed to continue to support systematic engagement with the UN Human Rights Reporting Mechanisms and Special Procedures through submission of periodic reports (CRC, OPSC, UPR) informed by victims’ and survivors’ voices and grassroots organisations working on the ground; this includes support in dissemination and follow-up to the Concluding Observations and Recommendations. This may be done by, for example, through working with ECPAT member groups to develop individual national advocacy strategies on how to monitor and follow-up State implementation of concluding observations issued by the CRC-OPSC Committee, the UPR or other regional human rights bodies. Related to this, there is also an ongoing process of monitoring the impact of ECPAT’s reporting to the UN Human Rights Mechanisms with a plan to produce a report in the first six months of 2018.
In 2015-16 the ECPAT International Secretariat conducted a research project on Access to Justiceand Right to Remedies for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation, a multi-country study that aimed to understand the unique barriers facing victims of child sexual exploitation when they access justice; seek recovery and reintegration services and apply for compensation. A key priority of the research was to bring the voices and experiences of victims and survivors to the international forum. It represents the first multi-country study where victims of child sexual exploitation are engaged, empowered and given a platform to convey their experiences and recommendations. Overall, 67 CSEC victims/survivors, 72 caregivers and 30 criminal justice actors were interviewed in three countries (Nepal, Thailand and the Philippines), with larger numbers of survivors and children engaged through studies in Moldova, India and Tanzania. Out of this study, three reports were published: on access to criminal Justice, access to recovery and reintegration, and access to compensation.
II. Objective and Scope of the Consultancy
The overall objective of the Consultancy is to provide the technical support to the Legal programme for its sustainability by developing fundraising proposals and project documents. This entails the following tasks:
o To develop a fundraising proposal on ECPAT’s Legal Programme to support the Secretariat’s capacity (staff/resources) on ECPAT’s work with the UN Human Rights Mechanisms;
o To complete the research on the Monitoring Framework on ECPAT’s reporting to the UN Human Rights Mechanisms by reviewing the framework, continuing the research and completing the analysis of the outcomes/impact based on UN CRC/OPSC and UPR reporting cycles;
o To produce an advocacy strategy and a communication plans with supporting documents/briefings for ECPAT’s Access to Justice and Right to Effective Remedies for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation project.
o To develop communication materials based on existing outputs and reports (fact sheets, briefing papers and others)
III. Tentative Time Line and Deliverables (1 Feb – 30 April 2018)
Feb 1-Feb 28 Develop Fundraising Proposal for the Legal Programme
March 1- March 31 Develop an advocacy strategy for the access to justice project
March 15- March 31: Develop supporting communication materials (fact sheets, briefing papers and others)
April 1- April 30: Complete Monitoring Framework and produce the Final Report based on the analysis of ECPAT’s reporting on the UN HR Mechanisms
IV. Consultancy Terms
The contract will be short-term from 1 February until 30 April 2018, with part-time work based on deliverables as above. The position will be based at the ECPAT Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand, therefore Bangkok based consultants will be given a priority.
The Legal Consultant will report directly to Deputy Executive Director/ Programmes. The consultant will also work closely with Legal Consultant for the UN Human Rights Reporting Mechanisms and Legal Research interns supporting the reporting process.
The consultancy agreement for this assignment will be based on a maximum number of working days. Payments will be based on actual hours worked justified with timesheets.
V. Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Degree in Law with a focus in international law and/or human rights or equivalent;
- Experience in working with human rights and social development issues specifically as they relate to the rights of children;
- At least 10 of experience in developing proposals, programme design and/or management of children’s rights and protection programmes at an international level;
- Expertise in formulating and implementing advocacy strategy and communication plans to within the results based framework;
- Demonstrated experience in writing successful donor proposals and concept notes;
- Strong research and writing skills;
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of information into concise formats;
- Professional level of English and fluency in French and Spanish is desirable;
- Ability to work in multi-cultural setting under tight deadlines.
[1] See: http://www.ecpat.org/where-we-work/.
How to apply:
To apply, please e-mail your CV and cover letter (including expected daily rate), with your name and the position title in the subject line to vacancy@ecpat.net.
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