The Detention Monitoring Advisor will: Provide advice and training on effective visits to places of detention which have the purpose of preventing torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. In the context of the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT), analyse existing or proposed visiting mechanisms to provide advice on their strengths and weaknesses as preventive bodies. Develop the in-house expertise on National Preventive Mechanisms emerging from the OPCAT. Deadline for application: 11 November 2007.

The Researcher will be based in Goma, eastern DRC, and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, monitoring violations of human rights and international humanitarian law; curbing abuses through monitoring, investigating and documenting human rights violations in DRC (with a focus on the eastern provinces); applying sound judgment to investigation, reporting and advocacy work; writing and publicizing concise and accurate reports, briefing papers, letters, press releases, op-eds and submissions to international bodies as needed, with a quick turnaround time; developing and implementing local, regional and international strategies to bring violations to the attention of the government and the international community and change abusive laws, policies and practices. Apply immediately.

Pambazuka News is a prize-winning electronic newsletter on social justice. It is produced by a pan-African community of some 300 citizens and organisations - academics, policy makers, social activists, women's organisations, civil society organisations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators. We are seeking an a dynamic and energetic editor whose primary task will be leading on the development of Pambazuka News as the principal platform of progressive and critical political analysis in Africa.

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