Background
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)’ is an Ethiopian civil society organization re-registered on September 19 2019 before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency in accordance with Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization includes increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through trainings and other capacity building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation and help exchange of ideas, information and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating before courts other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and other laws, awareness creation for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free or low cost legal services for victims of human rights violation particularly disadvantaged communities, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to give full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers etc.
To achieve its objectives, the LHR has been implementing different human rights related projects in collaboration with donor organizations. As part of these projects, the LHR gives due regard to evidence-based advocacy by relying on research outputs that are undertaken by experts commissioned in accordance with internal rules. Accordingly, the LHR seeks to hire a qualified Research, Publication and Networking Coordinator with the support obtained from National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US based non-profit organization.
Primary Functions
The Research, Publication and Networking Coordinator will primarily coordinate research activities, undertake necessary steps to publish the research outputs and work on networking the LHR with stakeholders.
Major Roles and Responsibilities
The Research, Publication and Networking Coordinator will have following roles and responsibilities:
Expertise Required
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