UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Placing Protection at the Centre of Humanitarian Action, May 2015, https://www.refworld.org/policy/declas/unhcr/2015/en/105284 [accessed 20 March 2025]
Placing Protection at the Centre of Humanitarian Action
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The World Human Summit (WHS) has repeatedly recognized the importance of placing protection of persons affected by humanitarian crises at the centre of humanitarian action. The purpose of this information note is to explain what this would mean in practice, building on the statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principals on the “Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action”.
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Placing Protection at the Centre of Humanitarian Action
