Morning Soulshine with Bridget & Daniel Melvin Nyanway Human Rights Officer for United Nations Liberia West Africa Pt 2

D. Melvin Nyanway is a dependable Human Rights professional that brings management experience, exceptional interpersonal communication, and a willingness to take on added responsibility to meet tight deadlines. He is also an excellent Administrative & Logistic Coordinator. Melvin is a 2001 graduate of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) and has completed several National, Regional, and UN sponsored certificate programs. These programs include Training in the preparation of Core Documents (Treaty Reports), Training in Merit Based Appointment Process, BSAFE, PRINCE 2 Foundation, Development Studies, UN Human Rights Responsibility, Decentralized Governance & Peacebuilding, Gender and Reporting, United Nations Gender Responsiveness, training on the human rights of LGBTI people, among others. He also participated in the 2010 US States Department sponsored International Volunteer Leadership Program (IVLP) on United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights. In 2021, Melvin was a member of the OHCHR Surge Team deployed to Uganda to provide support to the OHCHR Uganda country office in monitoring, documenting, and reporting human rights issues arising from the Ugandan Presidential, Parliamentary, and Constituencies Election. Melvin served in various capacities at the former Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) Secretariat from 2006-2010. He was Acting Executive Director of the Commission’s Secretariat from 2008 December to 2010 July prior to its decommissioning by the Liberian government. During and following his time of service at the INCHR Secretariat, Melvin continue to provide technical and professional expertise to Civil Society human rights advocacy and several national human rights related initiatives including support to Liberia 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd Universal Periodic Review State Report Drafting Committee, National Executive Coordinator & Co- Founder-Liberia Independent Advocates for Human Rights (LIAHR), support to elaboration of Liberia’s 1 st and 2 nd 5 years National Human Rights Action Plan drafting committee, and support to the elaboration of the current Liberia draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and formation of the Liberia Business and Human Rights Advocacy Network. In 2016 June, Melvin join the former UNMIL human rights protection service as Associate Human Rights Officer, where he co-led program and project coordination and implementation, as well as led the establishment of the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy platform, a network of over 25 Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy CSOs around Liberia, and the Business and Human Rights Network, a network of CSOs, Liberia Chamber of Commerce, and selected Government Ministries and Agencies including the Ministry of Justice jointly collaborating on issues of Business and Human Rights. Currently, he serves at OHCHR Country office as Human Rights Officer, lead for the office Development Pillar, MnE focal person, and Focal person on Diversity, while supporting the office International Mechanism and Non-Discrimination Pillars. He brings with him many years of experience in human rights, Logistics and Civil Society coordination as well as strong human rights advocacy skills and is an enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic and advanced complex problem solving skills.