Ref: XASS69/001
TERMS OF REFERENCE
CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT REGIONAL LEGAL ASSESSMENTS TO REVIEW ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION, MEASURES AND PROVISIONS IN ANGOLA, LESOTHO, SEYCHELLES AND ZIMBABWE
Background and introduction
As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Convention), the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children supplementing the Convention (the Protocol), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to assist Governments with the ratification of these international instruments as well as with the incorporation and domestication of the provisions thereof into national legislation. UNODC, in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, is implementing a regional project entitled: "Capacity building for Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the ratification and the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the additional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children" (XAS/S69), assisting SADC Member States in this regard.
One of the core activities of this project is the assessment of the legal framework, measures and provisions of relevant SADC Member States in relation to the prevention, suppression and prosecution of trafficking in persons in order to assist SADC Member States based on the findings of the legal assessment.
UNODC therefore seeks to obtain the services of a consultant who can conduct a rapid legal assessment in relation to Angola, Lesotho, Seychelles and Zimbabwe.