Humanitarian protection aims to prevent, reduce, and respond to the risks and consequences of violence, deprivation, and abuse in humanitarian settings.
According to the Global Protection Cluster, in 2022, over 138 million persons required protection due to humanitarian crises.
The centrality of protection means more than protection mainstreaming.
For UNHCR, it includes ensuring that leadership, coordination, and engagement in protection and all sectors is more strategic, aligned and directed toward a stronger protection response.29 mar. 2023
IOM incorporates following four protection mainstreaming principles, which are fundamental to crisis and post-crisis response: Prioritize safety and dignity and avoid causing harm.
Secure meaningful access.
Ensure accountability.