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Guiding principles on Internal Displacement
These principles address the specific needs of internally displaced persons worldwide. They identify rights and guarantees relevant to the protection of persons from forced displacement and to their protection and assistance during displacement as well as during return or resettlement and reintegration
Website: http://ochaonline.un.org/
To stay and deliver: Good practice for humanitarians in complex security environments
Today, humanitarians work in some of the most volatile and insecure
environments in the world. Even as they come under increasing attack,
humanitarian workers find ways to continue delivering life-saving services to
populations in need. This study documents, across different types of security environments and risk patterns, a variety of practices humanitarian workers have used in their efforts to maintain an operational presence and continue their activities. The report offers an analysis of the broader challenges to securing
humanitarian action and recommends areas for improvement. This study
will contribute to improving the way humanitarians ‘do business’ in complex
security environments.Website: http://ochaonline.un.org/
Conducting Track II Peace Making: Peacemaker's Toolkit
Written for both track I and track II actors, this handbook: illuminates the role and importance of track II activities; charts a wide range of track II activities, from assessment, conception, and planning through to implementation and evaluation; and, discusses the need to ensure that different peacemaking efforts support and reinforce one another.
Website: http://www.usip.org/
Quick facts: Shelter and Human Rights
Shelter is important because it protects is from the elements, provides us with a basic sense of security, and a place for our families to interact. But it is also linked to many other aspects of what we consider "normal life": provacy, independence, dignity, safety. Shelter is fundamental to the enjoyment of many human rights.
Website: http://www.unhcr.ca
Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention
Website: http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/NHUD-Report_Full.pdf
The Heightened Risk Identification Tool
The purpose of this User Guide to the Heightened Risk Identification Tool (HRIT) is to assist UNHCR staff and partners to use the HRIT effectively. The guide contains a comprehensive overview of the uses of the tool, the two basic methodologies, guidance on the preparation phase and the steps required for implementation.
Website: http://www.unhcr.org
Losing Ground: Protection and Livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
This Working Paper analyses the relationship between protection and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
This resource was an output of the following ODI project: Linking livelihoods and protection and Changing Forms and Recognition of Protected Status .
Website: http://www.odi.org.uk/
Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons
Handbook created from a cluster group of leading international humanitarian organisations, giving invaluable advice and guidelines
Community based disaster risk management
Published by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center through its Partnerships for Disaster Reduction - Southeast Asia Phase 3 (PDRSEA3) Project jointly implemented by ADPC and UNESCAP with funding support from DIPECHO
This booklet on “Critical Guidelines of CBDRM” was drafted by Ian Davies and Zubair Murshed through a consultative process with stakeholders and particularly as a result of the “Regional Workshop on Standards of Community Based Disaster Risk Management” held on 24-27 January 2006 in Bangkok Thailand.
Website: www.adpc.net
The Good Enough Guide
The Good Enough Guide offers basic guidelines on how field workers can be accountable to the local people they work with and how they can measure their efficiency in emergency situations. Also available in Arabic and B'hasa (Indonesian language).
Website: www.oxfam.org.uk/publications
People in Aid Code of Good Practice
A Code of Conduct for humanitarian actors in the "front line" of emergency situations.
The Sphere Handbook
Handbook on the Humanitarian Charter and minimum standards in disaster response.
Protecting Persons affected by natural disasters
Short accessible guidelines compiled by leading experts in the field of humanitarian response, detailing appropriate response to disasters.
