• Prepare country and legal analysis and draft legal background papers for human rights treaty bodies, related to the State party reporting procedure and treaty body-based individual complaints procedure;
  • Conduct research into and draft reports on the jurisprudence of the treaty bodies concerned;
  • Assist with the handling of individual communications received under the different treaty body complaints procedures;
  • Provide support in relation to inter-state communications submitted to the treaty bodies;
  • Assist in the preparation of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) country visits;
  • Take notes during the sessions/pre-sessions, and provide support with administrative duties such as the preparation of documentation and reference files in advance of and during the session;
  • Provide input to outreach and information tasks, including the Branch newsletter;
  • Support the work of the Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) and the treaty body documentation databases;
  • Conduct research and develop training exercises for use in capacity building activities on reporting by States to the treaty bodies;
  • Prepare the Weekly Human Rights Treaties Branch Update;
  • Assist with preparation of reports and background papers for the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council (HRC) and the annual meeting of Chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies;
  • Support the organization of training activities and development of relevant training material;
  • and Assist with evaluation of project proposals for funding; and perform other duties as requested by the supervisor, as appropriate.