Sandy Grubic

Experience

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  NGO "Suncokret" - Centre for Grassroots Relief Work

  Apr 1998 - Dec 2000

  Programme Assistant for Fundraising and Donor Relations

  • Provided support to refugees/internally displaced persons and promoted post-war reconciliation in Croatia through relief- and capacity-building projects with children, youth, women and elderly, in refugee camps and returnee areas around Croatia.• Drafted project proposals and progress reports to international and local donors. • Significantly contributed to all major fundraising activities and created promotional materials.• Established and maintained relationships with donors and partner organisations on local, regional and international levels.• Implemented programmes with marginalised groups: youth, elderly and Roma communities.• Actively involved in organising capacity-building summer camps, festivals and workshops for beneficiaries and sponsors.• Coordinated foreign volunteer exchange aimed at promotion of diversity and tolerance. Show less

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  UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (UN ICTY)

  Oct 2001 - Mar 2017

  • Supported the implementation of international justice by assisting the Deputy Registrar (DR) in management of judicial processes, including detention matters and victims / witnesses support.• Worked extensively on enforcement of sentences and detention portfolios, including direct interaction with the ICRC on inspections of conditions of detention and ensuring respect of international Human Rights standards.• Undertook representational duties on behalf of the DR in liaising with external groups (including UN headquarters, diplomatic missions, host country representatives, NGOs, victims associations).• Produced a variety of complex reports and protocols, especially on detention matters.• Provided research and prepared background materials/briefing papers for high-ranking officials.• Ran Deputy Registrar's front office, organised missions and events and handled recruitment. Show less • Supported the implementation of international justice by providing trial-management and paralegal assistance to Chambers senior legal staff and Judges. • Ensured smooth running of trials and accurate flow of information by liaising with Judges, parties in the proceedings and various sections of the Tribunal.• Supported the UN ICTY Rules Committee (composed of senior Judges, Prosecution, Defence and Registry representatives) through legal research, planning and organising.• Maintained accurate statistics and provided data analysis on all ongoing cases, for trial planning and budgetary purposes, and prepared monthly and annual reports to the ICTY President and the UN General Assembly.• Organised judicial visits to war-crimes sites in the former Yugoslavia. Show less • Supported the equality of arms principle in the implementation of international criminal justice by providing assistance to accused, detained witnesses, suspects and their defence counsel, as well as to self-represented accused, always ensuring the respect of clients' rights.• Developed new protocols, policies and guidelines on various legal aid and detention matters, ensuring respect for the rights of the detainees and consistency with overarching UN policies and Human Rights principles.• Managed the enforcement of sentences portfolio and participated in inspections of conditions of detention to ensure respect of convicts' rights.• Assisted in implementation of the legal aid system, including budget preparations. • Played a key role in developing and expanding defence facilities for a more effective representation of accused’ rights.• Managed visitation rights of detainees and provided assistance to various entities from the former Yugoslavia vested in the accused's rights. Show less • Contributed to transparency and fairness of the Prosecution mandate within international war-crimes proceedings, by providing prosecution trial teams with research and analysis of exculpatory information to ensure due respect of accused's rights.• As part of the Prosecution investigative teams, participated in evidence gathering missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina, aimed at investigating and prosecuting persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law.• Identified and extracted information from evidentiary materials in various languages and provided accurate translations and analytical summaries of field-seized documentation. Show less

  • Assistant to the Deputy Registrar

    Mar 2012 - Mar 2017

  • Chambers Legal Support Assistant

    Jun 2010 - Feb 2012

  • Witness Support Assistant, Victims and Witness Support

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  • Defence Liaison, Office for Legal Aid and Detention Matters

    Oct 2002 - Jun 2010

  • Researcher and Translator, Office of the Prosecutor

    Oct 2001 - Oct 2002
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  European Commission

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

  Short-Term Election Observer (STO), EU Election Observation Missions (EU EOMs)

  • STO for EU EOMs in Burkina Faso (Nov-Dec 2015), Gabon (Aug 2016) and Nepal (Nov-Dec 2017).• Monitored the immediate pre-electoral environment including any human rights violations during the election campaign and the administrative preparations for the presidential, parliamentary and/or regional elections. • Observed election day procedures, counting and tabulation operations, and monitored the immediate post-electoral developments, including any human rights violations. • Reported to the EU EOM Core Teams on all observations made, and contributed with statistical data and narrative input towards the preliminary and final reports of the Missions. Show less

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  UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (UN MICT)

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  Senior Staff Assistant

  • On deployment from UN ICTY, provided support to the Chief Administrative Officer in transferring essential services from the closing UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, to UN MICT - Arusha Branch. • Researched and drafted Scopes of Work for various Purchase Orders and Contracts.

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  United Nations Peacekeeping

  Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

  Board of Inquiry Officer - MINUSTAH

  • Provided legal guidance and expert support to all the Boards of Inquiry convened by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and managed operations of the MINUSTAH Board of Inquiry Office.• Drafted Head of Mission Reports for the signature of the SRSG, on cases of serious incidents or accidents involving UN staff or property, with a view of identifying gaps in procedures and policies, strengthening internal controls and improving financial and managerial accountability within the Mission, including civilian, military and police components. Show less

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  United Nations Peacekeeping

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Provided specialist support, facilitated dialogue and awareness-raising on issues affecting women's political participation, through collaboration with key political actors on national and provincial levels, during the crucial pre-electoral period leading up to the historic democratic and peaceful transition of power in DRC in December 2018, and with the newly elected authorities afterwards. • Conceptualised, developed and implemented new projects, training materials and capacity-building packages for women’s political participation. • Delivered substantive activities to strategic stake-holders and target beneficiaries with/for women in DRC politics.• Provided expert advice to strategic UN, inter-agency and diplomatic coordination mechanisms, to increase and strengthen women’s political participation in DRC. • Supported other MONUSCO departments in prioritising gender-responsive approaches across all their activities and reporting.• Conducted research and political analysis, contributed to internal and external Mission reports with inputs on gender issues and Women, Peace and Security, specific to the DRC environment at the time. Show less

  • Women Protection Advisor - Joint Human Rights Office - MONUSCO

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Women's Political Participation Officer - Gender Affairs - MONUSCO

    Sept 2018 - Sept 2019