Professional standards for protection work carried out by human rights and humanitarian actors in armed conflict

Guides

/ January 20, 2015

The Professional Standards for Protection Work are a set of minimum standards for humanitarian and human rights actors who engage in protection work, below which organizations are advised not to implement protection activities. For humanitarian organisations, pages 77-103 on managing sensitive protection information are particularly useful.

Where does it live: https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc-002-0999.pdf

Where this comes from: This resource was created by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Status: Completed.

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