Consultant

Within delegated authority, the consultant shall deliver the following outputs within the consultancy period.

• Deliverable 1: Inception Report
• Situational analysis of the rights to health and to work (including social security) in the Malaysian context, including current status and recent trends, gaps, data sources, institutions, based on a review of relevant reports produced by SUHAKAM, international and regional organizations, and national actors.

OHCHR’s Human Rights Statistics Unit can provide an initial assessment of current data availability, gaps and values for relevant indicators in the GHRIF as a starting point for this analysis.

• Review of relevant international human rights standards, OHCHR methodologies, recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms (including treaty bodies, UPR and Special Procedures), SDGs, and other applicable international standards, including those developed by WHO and the ILO.
• Mapping and assessment of existing national laws, policies, institutional frameworks, ESCR indicators and available data sources related to the rights to health and to work (including social security).
• A stakeholder and user needs analysis to identify who will use the data, for what decisions and with what capacities.
• Detailed workplan, methodology, timeline, and stakeholder engagement strategy (if any).
• Proposed conceptual framework for the ESCR monitoring tool, including a baseline framework and proposed structure of indicators.
• Deliverable 2: Draft ESCR Monitoring Framework and Indicator Matrix
• Development of a comprehensive monitoring tool based on international human rights standards. Draft indicators, both quantitative and qualitative, should include:
• Structural, process and outcome indicators based on the OHCHR conceptual and methodological framework on human rights indicators and drawing on the relevant indicators in the GHRIF;
• Appropriate disaggregation requirements, including but not limited to gender, age, disability, nationality, ethnicity, and other relevant prohibited grounds of discrimination;
• Identification of responsible government agencies, institutions, and relevant data sources for each indicator, giving priority to official statistics produced using internationally‑agreed standards where these exist;
• Baselines, current trajectories and suggested benchmarks or reference points for monitoring progress, where applicable, and in line with existing national plans, strategies or commitments and/or the SDGs;
• Linkages and alignment with relevant recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms (including treaty bodies, UPR and Special Procedures), international health and labour standards, SDGs, national development plans, and relevant domestic laws and policies;
• Methodological notes outlining indicator definitions, rationale, data collection and sources, methods of measurement, disaggregation, limitations, and frequency of measurement.
• Presentation of the draft ESCR monitoring framework and indicator matrix during a validation workshop with SUHAKAM Commissioners and officers for review, feedback, and validation.
• Where deemed necessary for the development and validation of the ESCR monitoring tool, the Consultant may conduct additional consultations, focus group discussions, interviews, or technical meetings with relevant stakeholders, including government agencies, civil society organisations, academia, subject matter experts, and OHCHR human rights statistics colleagues.

Deliverable 3: Finalised ESCR Monitoring Tool and Indicator Matrix, and Validation Workshop Report

• Validation workshop report summarising key discussions, findings, and recommendations arising from the validation workshop.
• Revised ESCR monitoring tool, accompanied by a complete indicator matrix and user guide on the application and use of the ESCR monitoring tool, that reflects findings and recommendations of validation workshop and other consultations.
• Presentation of final findings and recommendations to OHCHR and SUHAKAM.

OHCHR has a commitment to gender equality and inclusion of diversity in all its work and the consultant is expected to keep this in mind throughout.

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