Procurement Summary
Country : Senegal
Summary : International Consultant (Legal Expert)
Deadline : 09 Sep 2019
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 35676701
Document Ref. No. : 58590
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
BP 154 Dakar - Sénégal
Tél (221) 338596767
Senegal
Tender Details
International Consultant (Legal Expert)
West Africa, and especially the Sahel region, currently faces many interconnected challenges related to poverty, climate change, rapid population growth, as well as severe threats to the national and regional stability posed by human rights violations, terrorism and transnational organized crime. Political instability in the region and the humanitarian crises and human rights situation have made populations more vulnerable and pushed people to migrate in order to protect themselves and meet their basic needs. In parallel, limited opportunities for accessible regular channels for migration and porous borders as well as limited capacities, legal frameworks and resources to combat smuggling of migrants (SOM) have enabled organized criminal groups to develop networks to smuggle migrants through West and North Africa to Europe, often exposing migrants to severe abuses, human rights violations, and risks to their life. One of the main challenges that hinders efficient responses to enhance the protection of the rights of migrants and to combat organized criminal networks is the fact that legal frameworks in many countries in West Africa are not compliant with international instruments related to smuggling of migrants or to human rights. Efforts aiming at enhancing the capacities of law enforcement officers to detect and investigate smuggling networks, need to be supported by formal judicial cooperation such as through facilitating mutual legal assistance and extradition procedures between countries of origin/transit of smuggling and the countries of destination in Europe.In order to respond to this situation, UNODC and OHCHR developed a joint project "PROMIS - Protection of Migrants: Justice, Human Rights and Migrant Smuggling" to strengthen the capacities of West African states to develop a human rights-based response to smuggling of migrants and to effectively respond to human rights violations related to irregular migration", funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Th...
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