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Protection puts the human in the centre Integrity Safety and Security Dignity Recognize whole person with physical, psychosocial, social, and cultural considerations Empowerment Choices and freedom Self-worth and autonomy Keeping people safe Priority for action, advocacy, assistance
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Defining Protection Protection of what, from what, by whom?
Inter-Agency DefinitionsHow do we do it?
Priorities?
ProCapProtection Stand-By Training
Definition of Protection
All activities aimed at obtaining full respect for the rights of the individual in accordance with the letter and spirit of the relevant bodies of law, namely human rights law, international humanitarian law and refugee law
Actors shall conduct these activities impartially and not on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, language, gender, etc.
--Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Protection puts the human in the centre
Integrity
Safety and Security
Dignity
Recognize whole person with physical, psychosocial, social, and cultural considerations
Empowerment
Choices and freedom Self-worth and autonomy
Keeping people safe Priority for action, advocacy, assistance
Protection emphasizes a systematic and integrated approach Aiming for structures that make humane
conditions not fortuitous, but a right. Looking not just at immediate response, but at
causes Acting to strengthen states capacity and
willingness to respond Awareness of unintended consequences and
Do-no-harm principles Focus on collaboration with others,
complementarity
Who protects, legally?
StatesPrimary responsibility to protectWhere cannot or will not, must allow
humanitarian action
Mandated and Specialized AgenciesUNHCR, UNICEF, OHCHR, ICRC, OCHA
Non-state actors
Who else protects?
People protect themselvesFamily and friendsCommunity, tribe, religious groups
Non-mandated actors Bi-lateral state action Mass movements Other UN, NGOs (national and international)
What are protection activities?
Violation Abuse
Responsive Remedial Environment-Building
What are protection activities?
Responsive
Remedial
Environment-Building
Stop, prevent, alleviate the worst effects of violations and patterns of abuse
Immediate and urgent, targeting specific groups/persons
Create an environment that allows full respect of rights Deep change in attitudes, policies, values, beliefs Prevention and long-term transformation of causes
Restore dignity in the aftermath of violations Support people living with the effects of violations Can be preventive of secondary abuse
Short-term and long-term protection
Prevent imminent abuse: influence,
persuasion, pressure, physical protection
Prevent repetition
Environment-building(long-term prevention)
Reduce sufferingRepair damage
Recuperate dignityRestore normalcy
Modes of action for protection
Substitution: Direct service provision
Capacity building Supporting existing structures
Persuasion Convince actors to fulfill responsibilities
Mobilization Carefully sharing information to bring positive pressure
Public exposure Strategic use of information to influence; can be
denunciation or positive encouragement
Risks in protection work?
Creating more/new risks to the population Risks to relationship with state/non-state
actors Manipulation of assistance and presence
to legitimize perpetrators or violations Bias: no intervention is “neutral” Assistance as substitute to solution Real dilemmas with no “good” outcome
Summary Protection is rights based and human-centred
Safety, security, integrity, dignity, and participation State responsibility Implies collaboration, gap-filling
Protection is often protection from somebody Often necessary to look at causes, and influence
others, directly or indirectlyProtection involves prevention, immediate
response, remedial action and environment building Many different options for action
Defining Protection Safety, Security, Dignity
Complementarity and ResponsibilityModes of Action
Areas for coordination
ProCapProtection Stand-By Training