Associate Human Rights Officer - Sudan Response

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The Associate Human Rights Officer will support human rights programming in Sudan's emergency context from Nairobi, focusing on monitoring, capacity-building, and empowering human rights defenders. Requires experience in human rights monitoring, knowledge of international humanitarian law, and strong advocacy skills.

• Based in Nairobi, supporting Sudan response
• Focus on human rights mainstreaming and capacity-building
• Requires Arabic and English proficiency
• Volunteer assignment with UNV

Description

Associate Human Rights Officer - Sudan Response | UNV - United Nations Volunteers Associate Human Rights Officer - Sudan Response UNV - United Nations Volunteers Abéché, Nairobi International Volunteer level Speaks Arabic, English Application deadline: August 16, 2026 (22 days) Apply Summary by Impactpool The Associate Human Rights Officer will work within the LNOB and Humanitarian Unit in Nairobi, contributing to human rights programming in a complex emergency context in Sudan. The role involves integrating human rights norms into humanitarian frameworks, monitoring violations of international law, and supporting capacity-building programs for civil society. The officer will focus on empowering Human Rights Defenders and enhancing protection pathways, particularly for marginalized groups. This position offers a unique opportunity to engage with national and international partners to strengthen accountability and protection efforts. Candidate Requirements: Experience in human rights monitoring and reporting Knowledge of international humanitarian law Ability to design and deliver capacity-building programs Experience working with civil society organizations Understanding of gender and disability inclusion Strong communication and advocacy skills Details Mission and objectives OHCHR SDN organization mission TBD Context Sudan continues to face one of the world's most severe humanitarian and human rights crises. Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, widespread violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, large-scale displacement, conflict-related sexual violence, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, shrinking civic space, and the collapse of public institutions have created unprecedented protection challenges. UN Human Rights Sudan plays a critical role in monitoring and documenting violations, supporting protection of civilians, advancing accountability and supporting civil society engaged in human rights protection and promotion. The Sudan Country Office is currently operating in a highly dynamic environment, with staff deployed both inside Sudan, an office in Nairobi and a hub in Abéché, Chad to ensure continued engagement despite access and security constraints. The Office works closely with UN agencies, the UN Country Team and Humanitarian Country Team, humanitarian and development partners, regional organizations, diplomatic missions, national institutions where feasible, and Sudanese civil society organizations, including human rights defenders, including women's organizations, organisations of persons with disabilities and local responders working on human rights protection. The UN Volunteer will work within the LNOB and Humanitarian Unit, a multidisciplinary and collaborative team supporting programme implementation, partnerships and coordination across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. The assignment offers a unique opportunity to contribute to high-impact human rights programming in one of the UN's largest and most complex emergency contexts while working closely with national and international partners to strengthen protection, accountability and the meaningful participation of rights-holders. Task description This post is based in Nairobi. The UN Volunteer works under the overall supervision and guidance of the Head of Office, and reports to the Leave No One Behind Team Leader. The UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: •Contribute to human rights mainstreaming efforts by integrating and promoting centrality of protection and human rights norms and standards into humanitari-an and development frameworks including in the Humanitarian Country Team, Pro-tection Cluster, and United Nations Country Team. •Conduct monitoring and reporting of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law including those against women, girls and per-sons with disabilities including gender-based violence and economic, social and cultural rights violations. •Support the design and delivery human rights capacity-building programmes for civil society, including local humanitarian responders on inclusion, in particular gender, disability and leave no one behind perspective •Support the design and delivery of programmes to empower and protect Human Rights Defenders, with particular focus on local humanitarian responders, women led organisations and organisations of persons with disability, including through doc-umentation and advocacy, enhancing protection referral pathways and capacity building. •Performs other duties as required. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: •Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of voluntee