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| Case Studies and Collections of Humanitarian Practices that Promote and Protect Human Rights |
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 | Growing the Sheltering Tree [PDF] (posted: 19 November 2007)
Protecting rights through humanitarian action | | | Growing the Sheltering Tree [PDF] (posted: 19 November 2007)
Protecting rights through humanitarian action | | | War brought us here: Protecting Children Displaced within their Own Countries by Conflict, Andrew Mawson, Rebecca Dodd and John Hilary, Save the Children, 2000. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This report gives a global overview of the plight of internally displaced children, then focuses on five countries, providing specific recommendations for improving the protection of affected children. Seven gaps in the protection of internally displaced children are identified and discussed. | | | The Prevention of Under-Age Military Recruitment: A Review of Local and Community-Based Concerns and Initiatives, Margaret McCallin, Consultant to the International Save the Children Alliance, January 2002. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This report is significant in that it addresses prevention and reflects the views of children and communities gleaned from case studies in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia and Southern Sudan. | | | Mission to Sri Lanka with a view to Develop Best Practices in Response to Internal Displacement , UNICEF New York (posted: 23 September 2002)
In 1999, UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes published a Working Paper on "Best Practices in Internal Displacement" based on a mission to Sri Lanka by James Kunder and Bo Viktor Nylund. Many practice examples were gleaned from dozens of interviews and are useful in both practical and inspirational terms. Of particular interest are practices developed by internally displaced persons themselves. this document is short and includes in-country contact information and a brief bibliography, making it a valuable field resources. | | | Mission to Colombia with a View to Develop Field Practices in Internal Displacement, UNICEF New York (posted: 23 September 2002)
In 1999, UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes published a Working Paper on "Best Practices in Internal Displacement" based on a mission to Colombia by James Kunder and Bo Viktor Nylund. Many practice examples were gleaned from dozens of interviews and are useful in both practical and inspirational terms. Of particular interest are practices developed by internally displaced persons themselves. this document is short and includes in-country contact information and a brief bibliography, making it a valuable field resources. | | | Growing the Sheltering Tree: Protecting Rights Through Humanitarian Action (posted: 16 September 2002) | |
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 | Older people in crisis/disaster settings: Addressing their talents and vulnerabilities [Word] (posted: 29 May 2007)
68th IASC Working Group Meeting, New York, 13-15 June 2007 | | | Older People and Emergencies IASC Inter-Agency Review - Field research in Northern Uganda, July 2007 (posted: 25 May 2007)
E-mail Message to ICVA Members, NGO Participants of UNHCR's Pre-Excom 2006, 25 May 2007 | | | Older People and Emergencies - IASC Inter-Agency Review of Policy and Practices [Word] (posted: 24 May 2007)
Project Outline - HelpAge International | | | Protecting Persons Affected by Natural Disasters - IASC Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters [PDF] (posted: 12 February 2007)
IASC Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters | | | Frequently Asked Questions on International Humanitarian, Human Rights, and Refugee Law (posted: 22 July 2003) | | | Child Care in Islam, (posted: 4 October 2002)
UNICEF Cairo with the assistance of Mr. Ahmed Tawfik of Al Azhaar, Mr. Abdallah Youssef Ali, Islamic University of Al Imam Mohamed Ibn' So'ud, and a working group of prominent religious leaders from Al Azhar University. This oft-requested covers child rights in Islam using Koranic Verses, Hadiths, and quotations and messages but is difficult to locate. | | | Operational Security Management in Violent Environments, Koenraad Van Brabant, Humanitarian Practice Network, August 2000. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This publication provides a systematic step-by-step approach to security management, from context analysis and threat and risk assessment, to choosing a security strategy to security planning. The arguments are illustrated with case material drawn from all over the world. | | | Safety First: Protecting NGO employees who work in areas of conflict, Mark Ctuss and Alan Dingle, Save the Children-UK. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This books helps NGOs working in armed conflict to protect their staff more effectively and in ways that will help ensure that programming can continue. | | | Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Rights and Responses in the Developing World, Corrine Grainger, Douglas Webb and Lyn Elliott, Save the Children-UK, 2001. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This report examines HIV/AIDS from a rights perspective, identifying the effects of HIV/AIDS on not only physical health, but education, psychosocial well-being, protection from physical and sexual abuse and other abuses, the protection of inheritance rights, protection for abandoned, street and working children affected by HIV/AIDS, etc. The report describes a rights-based approach and provides information on prevention, monitoring and evaluation. | | | HIV and Conflict: A Double Emergency ("Without war, we could fight AIDS"), Save the Children, 2002. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This document highlights the relationship between the spread of HIV and war, noting (among other problems) that women and children are often forced to turn to sexual bartering in order to survive and that the rape, sexual violence, sexual exploitation (sometimes by aid workers) and trafficking of human beings that occurs during and after armed conflict has contributed to a rise in cases in both females and in boys. | | | Children, Torture and Power: The torture of children by states and armed opposition groups, Save the Children UK. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This report, based on documentary evidence from the UN, intergovernmental bodies and a wide range of NGOs identifies specific problems and suggests approaches for a variety of actors, including humanitarian organizations, to stopping the torture of children. | | | Children Affected by Armed Conflict: UNICEF Actions, UNICEF, May 2002. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This softbound report presents examples of UNICEF's activities to protect children in countries experiencing armed conflict or its aftermath and describes UNICEF approaches and policy. | | | Gender and Humanitarian Assistance Resource Kit, InterAgency Standing Committee Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Assistance. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This Resource Kit is intended to help IASC members and others implement the IASC "Policy Statement on Mainstreaming Gender into Humanitarian Response". The kit includes the policy statement and many other valuable materials (many of which relate directly to the protection of women) | | | Aide Memoire on the Protection of Civilians (posted: 18 September 2002)
This aide memoire highlights primary objectives for Security Council action | | | ICRC, Strengthening Protection in War, A search for professional standards (posted: 18 September 2002)
Summary of discussions among human rights and humanitarian organizations | | | Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (posted: 18 September 2002)
Provides information on topics such as humanitarian access, justice issues the effects of armed conflict upon women and children, staff security, etc. | | | 25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights, (posted: 18 September 2002)
http://www.who.int/hhr/news/en/ | |
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| Women’s Commission’s Fuel and Firewood Initiative [PDF] (posted: 23 February 2007)
IASC Weekly Meeting Summary Notes, 14 February 2007 | | | "Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls". (posted: 16 March 2006)
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, March 2006 | | | "UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women and Guidelines on Their Protection: An Assessment of Ten Years of Implementation", (posted: 7 October 2002)
This independent review of the implementation of UNHCR's Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women is a must-read | | | Protecting Human Rights: The Challenge to Humanitarian Organizations, Mark Frohardt, Diane Paul, and Larry Minear, Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies Occasional Paper #35, 1999. (posted: 3 October 2002)
This monograph seeks to provide the humanitarian assistance community an analytical framework for understanding the challenge of protection, using case examples and examination of some of the dilemmas facing humanitarian organizations and personnel. | | | Human Rights and International Legal Standards: What do Relief Workers need to Know? (posted: 18 September 2002)
James Darcy, Humanitarian Practice Network. | | | Solidarity and Soup Kitchens: A Review of Principles and Practice for Food Distribution in Conflict (posted: 18 September 2002)
Susanne Jaspars, Humanitarian Practice Network. | | | A Humanitarian Practitioner's Guide to Human Rights Law. (posted: 18 September 2002)
William O'Neill | | | Participation and Protection: Improving Protection, Increasing Participation in Humanitarian Policy and Programs, and Advocating for Improved Protection of Women and Children (posted: 18 September 2002)
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. | | | If Not Now, When? Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Refugee, Internally Displaced, and Post-Conflict Settings: A Global Overview (posted: 18 September 2002)
Jeanne Ward, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. This report provides a detailed look at ongoing institutional problems in addressing gender-based violence. | | | What Can We Do with a Rights Based Approach to Development?, Overseas Development Institute (posted: 13 September 2002) | | | Protection in Practice: Field-Level Strategies for Protecting Civilians from Deliberate Harm, Diane Paul, HPN, July 1999 (posted: 13 September 2002) | |
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OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
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WHO World Health Organization
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