Historique

Access to justice is one of the key principles, which determines legal and democratic level of development of the state. The Kyrgyz Republic has laid foundations of creating such kind of access to justice for the vulnerable groups of the citizens. Nevertheless, to ensure the full implementation of constitutional rights must take further steps. A baseline study conducted in two oblasts of the country demonstrated some of the most significant limitations in practical access to justice.

The study revealed that women, children and youth, and persons with disabilities face specific obstacles to enjoy their rights. Many suffer discrimination, violence and economic dependence. More than half the women in the areas of study do not have paid work and employment opportunities for young women is unlikely.

A large percentage of women do not have a resident registration that makes it difficult for them and their children to access to basic social services. More than one out of 20 respondents, married women do not have a marriage certificate; it is another obstacle to realization of an important set of rights attached to the institution of marriage.

Children and young people also faced serious problems in access to justice, such as lack of experience and education, economic dependence, lack of necessary documents. Many young people do not have birth certificates as a result they cannot get ID cards and other documents, and therefore cannot access to formal and informal justice sector in view of that people with disabilities are the most vulnerable ones.

Lack of physical possibility to access the judicial and educational institutions, limited access to public information sufficiently constitute serious obstacles. Dependence on state financial aid creates an unstable situation for many PwDs.

Common challenges on the way of access to justice is a low level of legal literacy of the citizens, low awareness of staff members of formal and informal institutions of justice on the rights and guarantees of vulnerable groups, limited access to free legal aid, as well as gaps in the current legislation and the lack of conformity of norms of international law.

The project “Widening access to justice for legal empowerment in KR” is aimed at legal empowerment of the most vulnerable groups of the population (PwDs, women, children and youth at risk) by:

• Alignment of the Kyrgyz Republic’s legislation on the rights and guarantees of the target groups with international norms and standards;
• Supporting formal and informal justice institutions in provision of affordable, effective and quality services to solve the problems of the target groups in the justice system;
• Increasing legal knowledge of the target groups and contributing to recovery of violated rights.

In order to achieve the stated objectives, the project intends to hire a Legal Specialist, who has appropriate qualifications and experience.

Devoirs et responsabilités

• Provide substantive assistance to the Project. Provide inputs into the project work plans and reports required for the purposes of annual planning, collaboration with partners, reporting to donors etc.;
• Support timely and adequate implementation of activities under the project AWPs;
• Support in aligning the key laws, bylaws, and policies with human rights standards and in pursuit of UPR recommendation implementation;
• Assist the process of UNCRPD ratification;
• Support the process of development and adoption of the new Law on the state guaranteed legal aid (LSGLA) and development and implementation of the LSGLA Plan of Action;
• Support the process of establishment and operationalization of Ministry of Justice-run free legal aid centers and regional branches;
• Legal empowerment of PwDs through legal summer schools, training of sign language interpreters and other activities;
• Gather necessary information from other relevant Rule of Law and Access to Justice projects;
• Present information on project activities to relevant institutions and governmental bodies, as well as ensure dissemination to broader public;
• Cooperate and liaise with government stakeholders and other partners to ensure proper coordination and partnership in common development efforts;
• Support establishment of the coordination networks on free legal aid and access to justice with relevant partners and stakeholders at the central and regional levels;
• Support Ministry of Justice in implementation of the key priority actions relevant to the new action plan/strategy for 2015-2018 on public legal education/awareness raising;
• Assist the State Registration Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in revision of procedures, regulations, and by-laws in order to simplify issuance of personal identity documents and ensure accessibility of their services for project target groups at local levels;
• Organize mobile visits of State Registration Service under the Kyrgyz Republic in cooperation with relevant state bodies and CSOs to remote rural areas for service delivery;
• Support 3 to 4 selected state bodies in improving their system of project target groups’ complaints and appeals processing for improved efficiency and better communication with members of these groups;
• Ensure facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Identification, documenting and drafting of best practices and lessons learned;
• Participation in training for project personnel on effective communications and advocacy.
• Undertake field visits when needed;
• By request of the Project Coordinator, perform other relevant tasks, aimed at achieving the goals and objectives of the project.

Compétences

Core Competencies:

• Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;
• Creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
• Building and promoting effective teams;
• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;
• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
• Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
• Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in law and or jurisprudence.

Experience:

• 4 years of relevant experience in the area of law and/or jurisprudence, legislation at the national or international level;
• Work experience with the international organizations in the area of free legal aid;
• Experience in  developing of legislation acts as a team member or leader (indicate in P11 form);
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).

Language:

• Fluency in English and Russian;
• Knowledge of Kyrgyz is an asset.

Application:

• Applications without the UNDP Personal history form (P.11) will not be considered. Please download P.11 form from http://www.kg.undp.org/content/kyrgyzstan/ru/home/operations/jobs/.
• Please upload P.11 form instead of CV;
• Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.