By In the Southern African region, UNODC is an active partner in the region’s efforts to address the challenges of organised crime, drug abuse and terrorism and support member states efforts.
Furthermore, in the context of global counter-terrorism, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to provide assistance to requesting countries in their efforts to address the legal and criminal justice aspects of countering terrorism. The Government of Mozambique has expressed its desire to strengthen responses to the threats facing the country, actively reaching out to UNODC to request further assistance in building its criminal justice responses to terrorism, money laundering and organize crime. Mozambican officials have already demonstrated senior level engagement on the counter-terrorism capacity building activities that UNODC has already organized, the Prime Minister endorsing a UNODC-Mozambique “Maputo Roadmap of UNODC engagement in Mozambique” of criminal justice assistance. Since 2019, UNODC has been working jointly with the Government of Mozambique to support its response to violent extremism and terrorism. This included the implementation of a series of training activities for investigators, prosecutors and judges working on terrorism issues between July 2019 and December 2020, including in-depth training for Mozambican investigators. UNODC will build on this assistance through the delivery of further capacity building assistance for relevant Mozambican criminal justice officials.
The UNODC office in Mozambique jointly with Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of UNODC is one of the United Nations’ key providers of counter-terrorism technical assistance in the legal and related areas.
Accordingly, it is expected that the programme office will help to enhance national capacity for effective implementation of counter-terrorism and counter-organize crime related provisions and good practices in accordance with the rule of law and with due respect for human rights; strengthening national capacity in international cooperation in criminal matters.
The position is located in the Programme Office in Mozambique (POMOZ), Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSAF) with duty station in Maputo, Mozambique, Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The incumbent works under the overall supervision of the UNODC Country Representative for Mozambique, and the substantive guidance of the Programme Officer in POMOZ, with consultations with the Adviser (Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism) (AML/CFT) and Associated Terrorism Prevention Officer.
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