Background of the assignment:
Trafficking in human beings (THB) in supply chains is a complex phenomenon and a burning global issue, given that today’s economy is characterized by highly complex and multi-layered procurement, containing goods, materials and labour from around the world. Thus, it calls for special preventive measures and policies to be put in place in order to secure the corporate human rights due diligence and proactively manage potential and actual adverse human rights effects. At the same time, there is a growing pressure from consumers and the retail sector on organizations to carefully scrutinize their suppliers in all tiers of the supply chain. Public procurement is an important customer for many private sector organizations and OSCE participating States have committed to address THB in their own supply chains too.
Over the past decade, the OSCE, and the Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) have undertaken efforts to improve the understanding of THB for labour exploitation, and the measures required to address and prevent it. The OSCE has adopted several Ministerial Decisions on THB that call on participating States to develop targeted prevention policies. These include leveraging public procurement and ensuring transparency in supply chains; promoting co-operation among governments, businesses, civil society and international organizations; and, ensuring that we at the OSCE are doing what is necessary to prevent THB from entering the organizational supply chains.
Human rights abuses, including trafficking for labour exploitation, are equally present in private and public sector, and international organizations are no less exposed to it. To credibly inform and regulate businesses on the issue of THB, governments and inter-governmental organisations should engage in making their own supply chains THB-free. In line with previously adopted OSCE commitments, the OSCE also works towards eliminating THB from its own procurement processes, thus leading by example.
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is looking for a local consultant to deliver a legal review of the current THB in Supply Chains situation in Uzbekistan. This will contain:
- an analysis of current considerations of human trafficking, forced labour, and other forms of serious labour exploitation in Uzbekistan’s public procurement and labour inspection system.
- an analysis of provisions in Uzbekistan’s legislation that place obligations on businesses to identify, address, and remediate human trafficking, forced labour, and other forms of serious labour exploitation.
The local consultant is further requested to present the results of the legal review in the course of the conference intended to gather all relevant stakeholders and discuss the topic of prevention and combating THB in supply chains in October 2022.
The conference aims to:
• raise awareness and initiate a dialogue on the importance of developing and implementing policies and practices aimed at the prevention of THB in supply chains;
• map the current state of play and take stock of best practises and experiences from other countries in enhancing the institutional response;
• strengthen co-operation between the state institutions and private sector in ensuring the respect of human rights in the course of the procurement processes;
• present guidelines and recommendations developed by the OSCE and discuss the most feasible ways of translating them into legal and policy framework best suited to Uzbekistan context.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE/Secretariat and the National Project Officer, the consultant will be required to perform the following tasks:
Expected Output/Deliverable:
Timetable:
The consultant will perform the tasks assigned by 30 June 2022. The presentation will take place at the conference in October 2022.
Remuneration Package:
Remuneration will be based on the selected consultant's/expert's qualifications, experience, the tasks and deliverables for this position and in accordance with the OSCE established rates.
If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under https://vacancies.osce.org/. by 1 June 2022.
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Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.
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