Under the overall guidance of the OCB/CSS Chief, and the direct supervision of the UNODC Programme Manager and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, the consultant will perform the following specific tasks:
1) Perform research into illegal mining from a legislative perspective;
2) Draft the Legislative Guide, including relevant sample provisions and guidance for States on how to draft, amend or review relevant national legislation in line with the requirements of UNTOC;
3) Review and finalize the Legislative Guide on the basis of the comments provided by UNODC as well as the experts who will attend the EGM.
Home-based, additional travel to Vienna if and when required.
70 working days between 11 October 2021 and 8 April 2022.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will develop a Legislative Guide on Illegal Mining, intended to support States in enacting or strengthening domestic legislation to prevent and combat this illicit activity, a lucrative market for organized criminal groups. The Guide will focus on the operational implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) to prevent and combat illegal mining and it will include sample provisions and guidance for States on how to draft, amend or review relevant national legislation within their constitutional and legislative framework.
To this end, the Conference Support Section (CSS) of the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch (OCB) of UNODC is looking for an expert consultant who will be carrying out the necessary research and draft the Legislative Guide, which will be reviewed and validated in an Expert Group Meeting (EGM), to be organized in person or remotely (depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic).
The Guide will take into consideration various offences connected with organized crime activity in the context of illegal mining, including corruption, obstruction of justice and money-laundering, while also looking at the connection between illegal mining and the offence of participation in an organized criminal group. Furtermore, the Legislative Guide will include relevant considerations related to the liability of legal persons as well as seizure and confiscation of assets. The Guide should consider relevant examples from different regions of the world, since illegal mining has been reported in multiple countries and poses a serious threat to public health and the environment.
The purpose of the assignment is to develop a Legislative Guide on Illegal Mining, under the supervision of UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officers and in close coordination with other branches, offices and departments of UNODC as well as other regional and international organizations, when possible.
This output is part of a larger effort to streamline the operational implementation of UNTOC to prevent and combat crimes that affect the environment, including illegal mining, waste trafficking and crimes in the fisheries sector. Therefore, the consultant will work in coordination with a junior consultant hired to undertake foundational legal research for the development of this guide, as well as a guide of similar nature on crimes in the fisheries sector.
Academic Qualifications:
An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in international law, criminal law or related field is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in legal research, preferably in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice is required;
• Knowledge of illegal mining is required;
• Knowledge of organized crime is required;
• Knowledge of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is desirable;
• Experience in drafting legal analyses is desirable;
• Experience working for the United Nations or other international organizations is desirable.
Language:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Knowledge of other official UN language is an advantage.
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