Key manuals

Produced by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2002. This publication provides a collection of field practices that incorporate a rights-based approach to humanitarian assistance programs. Very useful to search for ideas and inspiration on how to find protection activities which fit your challenges and organisational profile. - [Read more]

Produced by ALNAP, 2005. This booklet serves as a general guide for individuals managing any form of humanitarian response that includes protection. It describes the ideas behind humanitarian protection, takes you through the fundamentals of basic protection-focused programming. - [Read more]

The purpose of this manual is to provide human rights defenders with additional knowledge and some tools that may be useful for improving their understanding of security and protection. It is hoped that the manual will support training on security and protection and will help defenders to undertake their own risk assessments and define security rules and procedures which suit their particular situation. - [Read more]

Presents the results of workshops on protecting civilians in armed conflict organized by the ICRC, including contributions by over 100 professionals from 50 different organizations. A fundamental document. Sylvie Giossi Caverzasio, 2001. Soon available in PDF format. - [Read more]

ProCap has an excellent online library of resources for protection - this should be your starting point. ProCap provides standby protection personnel to UN protection-mandated agencies while these agencies increase their operational capacity through normal staffing and recruitment processes. - [Read more]

Although this tool is destined women and children, the method used can be adapted to other target populations to analyse problems affecting it (six dimensions are analysed: protection from sexual violence and physical harm, trafficking and prostitution, military recruitment, psychological trauma, family separation and abuses in camp settings). The section on Response Options offers an inspiring overview of possible protection strategies and activities. Biggish file may be difficult to download. - [Read more]

The Universal Human Rights Index provides instant access for all countries to observations and recommendations made by the export bodies (committees, working groups, rapporteurs, etc.) of the seven Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (since 2006), and the Human Right Council. - [Read more]