Second Part: Word APPLICATION FORM FOR SPECIAL PROCEDURES
MANDATE HOLDERS
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography
How to start the application process:
- The application process has been split into 2 parts, the first part is a Webbased survey and the second part is an application form in word which can be
downloaded, completed and returned by email. Both parts and all sections of
the application form should be filled in for the application to be processed.
The first part, i.e. the Web-based survey is used to collect information for
statistical purposes such as personal data (i.e. name, gender, nationality),
contact details, mandate/s applying for and nominating entity. The webbased survey should only be completed once, i.e. multiple selection
allowed to indicate if the candidate is applying for more than one mandates.
This is the second part, i.e. of the application form in Word which can be
downloaded, completed and saved in word format and then submitted as an
attachment by email. Information provided in this form, includes a motivation
letter of maximum 600 words, will be used as received to prepare the public
list of candidates who applied for each vacancy and will be made available to
concerned parties, including through the OHCHR Internet.
Once completed the application form in Word should be submitted by email to
hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org
If the candidate is applying for more than one mandates, an application form
needs to be completed and sent for each mandate.
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A maximum of 3 reference letters can be attached, in pdf format, to the
application sent by email. No additional document is required.
Application Deadline: 31 OCTOBER 2013 (midnight, GMT).
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at a later stage.
If encountering technical difficulties, you may contact us by email:
hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org or fax: + 41 22 917 9011
An acknowledgment will be sent when we receive both parts of the
application process, i.e. the information through the web-based
survey and the application form through email.
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I. PERSONAL DATA
Family Name:
Todres
First Name:
Jonathan
Maiden name (if any):
Middle name:
Sex:
Male
Female
Date of birth ( d-MMM-yy): 10-Mar-69
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Nationality(please indicate the
nationality that will appear on the public
list of candidates): USA
Any other nationality: U.K.
II. MANDATE - SPECIFIC COMPETENCE/QUALIFICATION/KNOWLEDGE
NOTE: Please describe why the candidate’s
competence/qualifications/knowledge is relevant in relation to the
specific mandate:
QUALIFICATIONS (200 words)
Relevant educational
qualifications or equivalent
professional experience in the
field of human rights; good
communication skills (i.e. orally
and in writing) in one of the
official languages of the United
Nations (i.e. Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Russian,
Spanish.)
I am a law professor who specializes in children's
rights issues. I have taught a course on human rights
and children since 2003. I have presented on human
rights and children's rights issues at national and
international conferences in North America, Europe,
Africa, and Australia. I also have been a visiting
professor of human rights in Lithuania.
I have authored more than fifty scholarly and
professional publications on human rights and
children's rights issues and co-edited a book on the
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (2006).
I have been an active participant in the development of
NGO Alternative Reports submitted to the U.N.
Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of the
reporting process under the Optional Protocol to the
CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and
Child Pornography, and have contributed to NGO
submissions to the Human Rights Council pursuant to
the Universal Periodic Review process. I provide
regular pro bono advice to NGOs on children's rights
issues.
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I hold a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law
School, where my main focus was international human
rights and where I earned a Parker School Certificate
of Achievement in Foreign and Comparative Law.
RELEVANT EXPERTISE (200
words)
Knowledge of international
human rights instruments,
norms and principles. (Please
state how this was acquired).
Knowledge of institutional
mandates related to the United
Nations or other international or
regional organizations’ work in
the area of human rights.
(Please state how this was
acquired).
Proven work experience in the
field of human rights. (Please
state years of experience.
Native English speaker.
I have taught, researched and worked on human rights
issues for more than a decade. Since the late 1990s, my
research and policy work has focused in particular on
trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of
children.
I am an expert in international children's rights law and
on issues of child trafficking and related forms of
exploitation. As noted above, I have published
extensively on children's rights. Recent relevant
publications include: "The Private Sector’s Pivotal
Role in Combating Human Trafficking" (California
Law Review Circuit, 2012); "Mainstreaming
Children’s Rights in Post-Disaster Settings" (Emory
International Law Review, 2011); "Beyond the
Bedside: A Human Rights Approach to Adolescent
Health" (Journal of Law & Policy 2011); "Moving
Upstream: The Merits of a Public Health Law
Approach to Human Trafficking" (North Carolina Law
Review 2011); “A Human Rights Approach to
Preventing Sex Trafficking of Children” in Child
Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader (Policy Press
2010); "Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing a
Comprehensive Response to Child Trafficking and
Sexual Exploitation" (Vanderbilt Journal of
Transnational Law 2010)
I have participated in NGO submissions to U.N. treaty
bodies as part of the Univeral Periodic Review process
and under the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the
Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child
Pornography.
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ESTABLISHED COMPETENCE
(200 words)
Nationally, regionally or
internationally recognized
competence related to human
rights. (Please explain how such
competence was acquired).
I have been invited to present on children's rights
issues and issues of trafficking and commercial sexual
exploitation of children at conferences in North
America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Invitations
have included not only academic conferences but also
many forums for NGOs and government officials.
I was invited to serve on the Institute of
Medicine/National Research Council's study
committee on commercial sexual exploitation and sex
trafficking of minors in the United States. I served on
the two-year study committee, which culminated in the
release of a significant report on these issues in
September 2013.
I was invited by United Nations Inter-Agency Project
on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) to form a research
team as part of UNIAP's REACH Initiative examining
traficking of individuals from the Greater Mekong
Sub-Region and undertook research on the topic in
2009-2010.
My scholarship has been widely-cited in scholarly
literature, U.N. reports, government reports, and NGO
reports on children's rights issues.
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FLEXIBILITY/READINESS AND
AVAILABILITY OF TIME (200
words)
to perform effectively the
functions of the mandate and to
respond to its requirements,
including participating in Human
Rights Council sessions in
Geneva and General Assembly
sessions in New York, travelling
on special procedures visits,
drafting reports and engaging
with a variety of stakeholders.
(Indicate whether candidate can
dedicate an estimated total of
approx. three months per year
to the work of a mandate)
My position as a tenured law professor at large
university provides me with significant scheduling
flexibility and the time needed to fulfill the duties of
the mandate. I am able to travel to Geneva and New
York as needed and am also available to travel to other
cities and countries for official missions and to meet
with relevant stakeholders.
As a children's rights researcher, I am very familiar
with reports and visits of prior Special Rapporteurs on
the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child
Pornography and am familiar with the types of
research and writing that the position requires.
Through my experience in my own research, my pro
bono work for NGOs developing Alternative Reports
to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and other
pro bono reports, I am familiar with the range of
stakeholders that need to be engaged to prevent child
exploitation and ensure children's rights, and I have
experience consulting with stakeholders from all
sectors, including youth and survivors of human rights
violations.
I am confident that the flexibility in my schedule and
the support I have from my home institution will
enable me to successfully fulfill the duties of the
Special Rapporteur position.
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III. LANGUAGES (READ / WRITTEN / SPOKEN)
Please indicate all language skills
Languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
Mother
tongue:
English
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Read
Not
Easily
Easily
Write
Easily
Not
Easily
Speak
Not
Easily
Easily
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IV. Motivation Letter (600 word limit)
Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and the Optional Protocol
to the CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography in 2000, there has
been growing recognition of the need to strengthen efforts to prevent and and respond to the sale of
children and commercial sexual exploitation of children. These violations of children's rights have
severe short- and long-term consequences for children. I believe that the Special Rapporteur on the
Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography plays a key role in advancing law and
policy on these issues.
The issues under the mandate of this Special Rapporteur position are the primary focus of my
career, and I would welcome the opportunity to contribute to the strengthening of responses to
commercial sexual exploitation of children. As a law professor who focuses on children's rights
issues, I believe that the law plays a critical role in providing a foundation for a robust response to
these and related children's rights violations. However, law is necessary but not sufficient. A multisector response is necessary, and in my work on this issue, I have drawn upon methodologies from
various sectors, including not only children's rights law and other legal frameworks but also public
health and international development. I have sought to engage a broad range of stakeholders,
including both governments and civil society, across a range of fields, including law enforcement,
social services, health care, education, the media, and the private sector. I believe there are
significant opportunities to build partnerships across these sectors and others and to draw upon the
core capabilities of all relevant stakeholders in order to ensure the rights and well-being of all
children and prevent child exploitation.
To successfully prevent and respond to the sale of children and commercial sexual exploitation of
children, I also believe that survivors and youth play an essential role. It is important to hear from
and incorporate survivors' voices in all aspects of the design, development, implementation and
evaluation of laws, policies, and programs aimed at preventing child exploitation. I similarly
believe that youth should have opportunities to participate at all stages in this process, consistent
with their age and maturity as set forth in Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Finally, in my work in this area, I have emphasized the importance of prevention and of protecting
children before they are harmed, in addition to assisting victims and holding perpretators
accountable. I have emphasized the value of a human rights-based approach to prevention. The
three-pronged framework of the Optional Protocol, which creates a mandate for action on
prevention, prosecution, and assistance to victims and survivors, provides the necessary rightsbased framework to strengthen efforts to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable children.
I believe that my prior work, which is rooted in human rights law and processess and which
emphasizes multi-sector responses, would serve me well in addressing the sale of children, child
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prostitution, and child pornography. I also believe my prior work experience in international
development and international health, including grassroots work as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in
Thailand, provides me with important insights into the root causes of vulnerability and an
understanding of how law and policy work in practice in resource-constrained settings. I believe
that this experience enables me to work effectively across and within different cultures and would
help to ensure that the work that I do as a Special Rapporteur would be of value not only to
policymakers but also to advocates and communities working to implement children's rights law
and prevent child exploitation.
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V. EDUCATIONAL RECORD
NOTE: Please list the candidate’s academic qualifications: (university
level and higher)
Name of degree and name of academic
institution
Years of
Attendance
Place and
Country
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Columbia Law School, Columbia
University
1996-1999
New York, New
York, USA
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Clark University
with High Honors in International Development
1986-1990
Worcester,
Massachusetts, USA
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VI. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
NOTE: Please briefly list ALL RELEVANT professional positions held,
beginning with the most recent one:
Name of Employer
Functional Title
Main functions of position
Georgia State University College of Law, Associate Professor of
Law
Years of
Attendance/
Work
2007-Present
Place
and
Country
Atlanta,
Georgia,
USA
Main duties: Teaching courses on international children's rights,
health law, and other law subjects; research on children's rights
issues, particularly trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation
of children.
Other relevant professional experience and service in this position:
• Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, Member of
study committee on commercial sexual exploitation and sex
trafficking of minors in the United States
2012-2013
• ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking), Child
Rights Advisor, Board of Advisors
2008-Present
• United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking,
Researcher, REACH Initiative (led a five-person team conducting
research on trafficking of individuals from the Greater Mekong
Sub-Region to the United States)
2009-2010
• American Bar Association Section of International Law, ViceChair, International Human Rights Committee
2002-2008
New York University School of Law, Acting Assistant Professor
2005-2007
Main duties: Taught course on lawyering; research on children's
rights issues and health law issues.
Other relevant professional experience and service in this position:
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New York,
New York,
USA
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• American Bar Association Section of International Law, Chair,
Subcommittee of the Rights of the Child
2005-2007
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Adjunct
Professor of Law
2003-2006
New York,
New York,
USA
Main duties: Taught courses on children's rights and health law.
Select other professional experience:
New York,
USA and
London,
UK
Davis Polk & Wardwell, Associate
Main duties: Practiced law in New York and London; pro bono
practice focused on children's rights and family law issues
2001-2005
1999-2000
Other relevant professional experience and service in this position:
• American Bar Association Section of International Law, CoChair, Subcommittee of the Rights of the Child
2002-2005
Boston University Center for International Health, Direct of the
Project Unit; Special Assistant to the Director
Main duties: Oversaw grant-funded health care policy and planning
projects in developing countries.
1994-1996
Boston,
USA
Mahidol University, Foreign Affairs Specialist, Office of the
President
Main duties: Served as liaison with foreign universities and local
embassies; worked on local human rights education projects.
1993-1994
Bangkok,
Thailand
U.S. Peace Corps, Community Development Volunteer
Main duties: Worked on children's health projects
1991-1993
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Kampheng
Phet,
Thailand
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VII. COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICS AND INTEGRITY PROVISIONS (of
Council Resolution 5/1)
1. To your knowledge, does the candidate have any official, professional,
personal, or financial relationships that might cause him/her to limit the extent
of their inquiries, to limit disclosure, or to weaken or slant findings in any way?
If yes, please explain.
No.
2. Are there any factors that could either directly or indirectly influence,
pressure, threaten, or otherwise affect the candidate’s ability to act
independently in discharging his/her mandate? If yes, please explain:
No.
3. Is there any reason, currently or in that past, that could call into question
the candidate’s moral authority and credibility or does the candidate hold any
views or opinions that could prejudice the manner in which she/he discharges
his mandate? If yes, please explain:
No.
4. Does the candidate comply with the provisions in paragraph 44 and 46 of
the Annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1?
Para. 44: The principle of non-accumulation of human rights functions at
a time shall be respected.
Para. 46: Individuals holding decision-making positions in Government
or in any other organization or entity which may give rise to a conflict of
interest with the responsibilities inherent to the mandate shall be
excluded. Mandate-holders will act in their personal capacity
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5. Should the candidate be appointed as a mandate holder, he/she will have to
take measures to comply with paragraphs 44 and 46 of the Annex to Council
resolution 5/1. In the event that the current occupation or activity, even if
unpaid, of the candidate may give rise to a conflict of interest (e.g. if a
candidate holds a decision-making position in Government) and/or there is an
accumulation of human rights functions (e.g. as a member of another human
rights mechanism at the international, regional or national level), necessary
measures could include relinquishing positions, occupations or activities. If
applicable, please indicate the measures the candidate will take.
Not applicable.
You will receive an acknowledgment when we receive both parts of the
application process, i.e. the information through the Web-based application
and the Word application form by email.
Thank you for your interest.
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