Overview
This consultancy aims to strengthen the capacity of the Attorney General’s Office to develop and institutionalize gender responsive and inclusive investigation and litigation policies and procedures, grounded in evidence-based analysis. The assignment will enhance the Family Protection Prosecution’s role in early identification of risks, timely protection measures, and coordinated responses for women victims and survivors of violence.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and submit an inception report including a detailed workplan, methodology, sampling approach, and analytical framework.
- Meet with UN Women’s technical team and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), including the Family Protection Prosecution (FPP), to discuss and agree on objectives, methodology, tools, and deliverables.
- Select a representative sample of case files related to violence against women (VAW) handled by the FPP.
- Review and analyze selected case files in accordance with the agreed methodology and structured analytical framework.
- Identify recurring criminal patterns, including perpetrator behavior, typologies of violence, contextual characteristics of cases, socio-demographic factors, and geographic distribution, drawing on both perpetrator-related and anonymized victim-related variables, with particular attention to cases involving women with disabilities and technology-facilitated violence.
- Examine key risk and escalation indicators associated with violence against women, including prior incidents, nature of the victim–perpetrator relationship.
- Produce a comprehensive analytical report presenting findings from the structured review of VAW case files.
- Conduct a validation session to review and validate the analytical report.
- Submit a final narrative report that includes a description of the assignment, methodology used, observations, challenges, and recommendations for future related programming interventions.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of professional working experience in legal analysis, criminal justice, or prosecution-related work, preferably in areas related to VAW cases is required.
- Professional experience in the areas of violence against women (VAW), gender equality, and women’s access to justice is required.
- Demonstrated experience in developing analytical reports and knowledge products on women’s access to justice, or in conducting criminological research and related analytical work is required.
- Experience with justice institutions, particularly the public prosecution and/or justice sector in Palestine is desirable.
- Experience with the UN or international organizations is desirable.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in law, Criminology, Criminal Justice, International Human Rights Law (IHRL), or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
