The handbook provides operational guidance and tools to support effective protection responses in situations of internal displacement.
Specifically, the Handbook seeks to: ensure staff members are familiar with the core concepts, principles and international legal standards that form the framework for protection work; assist staff in operationalizing these concepts, principles and legal standards and in carrying out their protection responsibilities; improve understanding of the particular protection risks faced by internally displaced women, men, boys and girls of various backgrounds; provide guidance on how to prevent and respond to the protection risks faced by IDPs through a range of different activities; enhance staff skills for carrying out protection work; and promote a consistent and well-coordinated protection response in different operations.
Country
Worldwide
Region
Worldwide
Year
2010
Topics
Category