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Job Title:   Assistant Legal Officer (Statelessness)   

Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Identify/ Map out stateless persons:

• Support the Government in conducting assessments on the scale of statelessness through participatory assessment (numbers, geographical spread, etc.)
• Understand the profile of the population that is affected by statelessness (demographic composition, including data disaggregated by sex and age);
• Determine causes, obstacles, and solutions to statelessness (gaps in legislation, administrative practice, etc.) and identify protection issues faced by the population.

Prevention Activities:

• Promote accession to 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
• Advocate and provide technical advice on nationality legislation.
• Advocate for improved birth registration and documentation
• Build capacity of the Government on statelessness, domestic and international laws with the focus on nationality laws.
• Work with academic institutions to introduce curriculum on statelessness

Reduction Activities:

• Work with the Government and Partners to conduct regular outreaches to stateless communities and those at risk of statelessness.
• Provide legal counselling to stateless communities.
• Advocate for changes to the law and policy to allow for inclusion of stateless/at risk population
• Advocate for facilitated naturalization and durable solutions for stateless refugees.

Protection Activities:

• Ensure enjoyment of basic human rights by stateless persons
• Advocate and provide technical advice for establishing improving status determination procedures for stateless persons
• Advocate for adequate legislation and effective administrative practices to ensure rights of stateless persons
• Advocate for integration of stateless persons/former stateless people into development programmes
• Promote the IBelong Campaign to create awareness on statelessness

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Legal Officer (Statelessness) job placement must hold a Degree in Law. Required
• At least ten years of relevant work experience is required.
• Experience in conducting participatory assessments is required.
• Extensive experience on Statelessness and citizenship law is required
• Extensive knowledge of domestic and international laws, with a particular focus on statelessness and nationality laws is required
• Solid experience in coordinating stakeholders including Government, UN Agencies, and civil society is required
• Ability to analyse nationality and civil registration laws and procedures is required
• Ability to operate in complex political situations is required
• Sound knowledge of Gender, age and diversity approach is required

Desirable

• Excellent communication and drafting skills is desirable.
• Experience in working with UNHCR is desirable.
• Professionalism and knowledge of the statelessness in Uganda is desirable.
• Good drafting skills is desirable

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 14^th March 2022

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