Human Rights Associate

La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas) es la principal entidad de las Naciones Unidas en derechos humanos. Representamos el compromiso del mundo para la promoción y protección del conjunto total de derechos humanos y libertades establecidos en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos.

La Alta Comisionada y la Oficina desempeñan una función singular para:

- Promocionar y proteger todos los derechos humanos: Nos pronunciamos objetivamente frente a las violaciones de derechos humanos y ayudamos a elaborar las normas que se emplean para evaluar el progreso en materia de derechos humanos en el mundo.

- Ayudar a empoderar a las personas: Nuestras actividades de investigación, educación y promoción contribuyen a una mayor concienciación y compromiso por parte de la comunidad internacional y del público sobre las cuestiones de derechos humanos. Esto significa que miles de personas de todas las regiones del mundo son empoderadas para reclamar sus derechos.

- Ayudar a los gobiernos: Con nuestras presencias sobre el terreno, ayudamos a evitar abusos y contribuimos a mitigar las situaciones que pueden desembocar en un conflicto. Nuestra supervisión y análisis alimentan la toma de decisiones sensibles y la programación del desarrollo. También ofrecemos desarrollo de capacidades y asesoramiento jurídico a miles de personas, apoyando el desarrollo y la promulgación sensata de leyes y políticas en todo el mundo.

- Formular una perspectiva de derechos humanos en todos los programas de las Naciones Unidas: Integramos los derechos humanos en todos los programas de las Naciones Unidas para asegurar que la paz y la seguridad, el desarrollo y los derechos humanos —los tres pilares del sistema de las Naciones Unidas— estén interconectados y se refuercen mutuamente.

The historical Peace Agreement signed in November 2016, by the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) has provided OHCHR with additional responsibilities on a wide range of human rights related components. This includes monitoring and report on public policies for the dismantling of criminal organizations and pro-tecting human rights defenders, security for FARC members as they transition from ex com-batants to fully fledged political party members, case review of detained FARC members, and accompanying victims in their search for truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.

The Country Programme of OHCHR-Colombia includes strategic results on the application of international standards for the inclusion and participation of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in decisions that affect them, through participation and the realization of rights to prior consultation within the framework of the ILO Convention 169 and the UN Dec-laration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with special consideration to the rights of indige-nous women and women of African descent. The Office in Colombia seeks to strengthen indigenous, afro-descendants and women organizations on their knowledge on international standards on women rights and participation to further their leadership in decision-making processes related to peacebuilding, the eradication of discrimination and gender-based vio-lence

Under the direct supervision of Deputy Representative, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Facilitate the implementation of human rights mandate in the designated area of re-sponsibility (AOR);
• Provide support in fact-finding field missions including assistance in the timely drafting of reports and follow-up;
• Assist in the identification of regular contacts of government representatives, civil so-ciety organizations, and public entities dealing with ethnic and indigenous people´s rights and gender is-sues, at national and regional levels, UN agencies and other part-ners operating in the area of responsibility (AOR);
• Support the analysis, implementation, reporting and monitoring of activities related to ethnic, indigenous people and gender;
• Assist in conducting human rights capacity-building activities and implementing hu-man rights training programmes.
• Support the implementation of the OHCHR-Colombia strategy on ethnic and indige-nous people´s rights with a gender perspective;
• Contribute to and/or draft various reports, communications, briefing notes, statements or other products;
• Perform other related duties as required.