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Guidelines and toolkits

Working Together For Protection

22/03/2016

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Humanitarians are just one of the groups responsible for helping people stay safe in an emergency. Understanding who is responsible for what when it comes to protecting people in crisis is essential if humanitarian organisations are to play their part effectively. This leaflet is about some of the bodies which have responsibilities or legal mandates […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Protection: You’re already part of it

22/03/2016

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Ever thought protection in a humanitarian crisis was too risky, too complex or just plain unrealistic? In fact there is a lot that humanitarians outside the protection sector can do to help people caught up in an emergency to stay safe from violence, coercion and abuse. The bigger risk is often in turning a blind […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Protection: What is it anyway?

22/03/2016

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Protection in a humanitarian context can seem a daunting challenge, and many non-specialists may feel it is too complex, technical or risky to take on board in their programmes. Fundamentally, though, protection is about people being safe from the harm others might cause them when conflict or disaster may leave them more vulnerable. This booklet […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Working With State Authorities and Armed Groups on Protection

22/03/2016

4 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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As humanitarians we can never take over the role of the state, but we do have a complementary part to play, remaining accountable to the people we seek to support. That can involve coordinating, supporting, capacity building and advocating with the relevant authorities to uphold their protection responsibilities towards people at risk. This booklet brings […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

A Rights in Crisis Guide to Influencing: The who, what and why of humanitarian campaigning

02/12/2015

3 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Welcome to A Rights in Crisis Guide to Influencing. This guide is an essential resource for all those wanting to understand how the humanitarian system works, who to influence and what issues to campaign on in order to ensure respect for the rights of women, men, girls and boys at risk or affected by conflicts […]

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Briefing note

A Shift in Focus: Putting the interests of Somali people first

22/02/2012

4 documents

20 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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As key governments and institutions from the region and the wider Islamic and Western world gather in London on 23 February 2012 to review their approach to the crisis in Somalia, this paper highlights the need for more effective international engagement with the country’s ongoing humanitarian emergency. More than six months after the UN declared […]

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Briefing paper

Ghosts of Christmas Past: Protecting civilians from the LRA

14/12/2010

3 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Almost daily, a small band of rebels known as the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, kills, abducts and attacks people across a vast area of central Africa. The LRA has become the most deadly militia in Democratic Republic of Congo, with Christmas time over the past two years marked by appalling massacres. Since 2008, more […]

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Briefing note

Waking the Devil: The impact of forced disarmament on civilians in the Kivus

17/07/2009

2 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The military operations launched against the FDLR since early 2009 have been presented as a bid for the unity (Umoja Wetu) and peace (Kimia II) that have so long eluded eastern DRC. In that light they have received considerable international acclaim and support, particularly through the UN peacekeeping force, MONUC. Warnings of potentially devastating consequences […]

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