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The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
The aim of this guidance note is to provide a reference to aid security management teams in the decision-making process regarding the safeguarding of the health and safety of NGO field staff and to assist planning for the most appropriate…
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition announces the publication of Impunity Must End, its fourth annual report on attacks on health around the world. The report documents attacks on health workers, health facilities, and patients in 23 countries in conflict in 2016. Its…
ACT have developed these guidelines (2017) to introduce the concept of gender security for all staff, to serve as a tool to ensure duty of care and to allow human resources to ensure equal, unbiased and open employment standards, while…
The MENA Region Humanitarian Safety & Security Forum was created in September 2015 after a meeting of INGOs comprising regional safety & security actors. A need was identified for a regional-level fora where like-minded organizations could network and share information in the…
This is an example of an organisational travel risk assessment.
With a gender focus, this report (2017) outlines the five main categories of adverse impacts that countering terrorism financing measures have had on grassroots women’s organisations, inter-governmental actors, non-governmental organisations, governmental agencies, donors (including women’s funders groups), and financial institutions.…
This report (2016) looks at how Iraqis risk their lives trapped in conflict or try to escape, and whether there are learnings from Anbar that can be applied to Mosul. Available in Arabic as well.
Global Trends in NGO Law (Volume 7, Issue 3): Closing Civic Space: Impact on Development and Humanitarian CSOs. Global trends in NGO law is a publication of the International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law, an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an…