Documentation Manager – Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) Retour vers les opportunités

OVERVIEW

Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) is a dynamic, progressive organisation with offices in Tripoli and London. The focus of our work is pursuing accountability for human rights violations and serious international crimes and promoting rule of law and justice in Libya. We employ a victim-centred approach, placing the Libyan people at the heart of what we do.

We are seeking an experienced, hard-working individual who can lead our documentation efforts. This work is crucial to the realisation of truth, justice, institutional reform and reparations in Libya. The common thread that runs through this work is strengthening and supporting lawyers and activists working on accountability in Libya and putting in place systems to support them.

The Documentation Manager will report to LFJL’s Head of Law and work closely with LFJL’s Head of Advocacy and Outreach and Head of Research and Capacity Building as well as lead the interaction with its network of Libyan lawyers and organisations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Documentation Manager will be responsible for the following duties:

• Oversee, mentor, and develop the capacity of members of LFJL’s network of documenters, field monitors and researchers in carrying out documentation and evidence analysis according to international standards, including with a view to holding perpetrators of human rights violations and of serious international crimes accountable;
• Support and guide LFJL’s network to plan and carry out comprehensive and thorough investigations of human rights violations and of serious international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, torture and enforced disappearance committed in Libya, including sexual and gender-based violence crimes;
• Maintain and progress the archiving of documentation efforts, including through LFJL’s Human Rights Archive, with a view to developing a database of information on and evidence of human rights violations and serious international crimes to be used for monitoring, advocacy and the pursuit of justice;
• Lead the analysis of multi-source information regarding the above-mentioned crimes, and information on structure, methods, and activities of alleged perpetrators;
• Prepare comprehensive analytical and investigative reports and associated products including for the purpose of case building at the national, extra-territorial, regional and international levels;
• Prepare, in coordination with the relevant Heads of programmes, training programmes for the documentation and litigation of human rights violations and of serious international crimes, as well as internal policies, practices, and guidelines relating to the development of analytical and investigative products;
• Participate in briefings and conferences with other members of LFJL, as well as actors external to LFJL including governmental officials, civil society actors, members of UN entities and other international and regional organizations relevant to the collection and analysis of information and evidence;
• Cooperate with LFJL’s Heads of programmes on LFJL’s own documentation efforts, strategic accountability initiatives, archiving and advocacy;
• Support delivery of relevant capacity building training, research or fundraising;
• Train and supervise new or junior staff;
• Coordinate administrative functions relating to the staffing, planning and budget of activities for which he/she has oversight;
• Ensure the integration of gender-sensitive victim perspectives in all areas of work; and
• Perform other related duties as required.