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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Clearing the rubble from destroyed building in Syria
    Clearing the rubble from destroyed building in Syria

    Clearing the rubble from the ruins of a residential building destroyed in the fighting in Syria
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: ICRC / T. Voeten
    Source: Flickr

    Monitoring protection: asking the impossible?

    Event - Public event - 5 July 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    In today's armed conflicts, civilians bear the brunt of hostilities. Humanitarian agencies strive to improve the protection afforded to civilians, but how can they better monitor and evaluate protection programming to ensure that they best serve those in need? This event, co-hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross aims to understand the challenges of monitoring protecting work, and promote discussion on ways forward.

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  2. Protecting civilians in armed conflict

    Event - Conference - 16 - 18 May 2013

    The conference brought together humanitarians, diplomats, soldiers, experts, journalists and others for a frank discussion about these issues affecting the protection of civilians and produced some recommendations for the future.

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  3. Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance
    Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance

    Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance blocked at a checkpoint in Hebron, OPT.
    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: ICRC 2011
    Source: ICRC

    Getting where needed: overcoming aid access obstacles

    Event - Public event - 29 April 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Knocking on the front door doesn't always get you in. That's been the hard lesson over decades for humanitarians seeking to bring assistance to those in need. This event will address the practical challenges organisations face in reaching those in need, and the strategies adopted to overcome them.

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    Remembering the humanitarians

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 15 August 2012

    This year’s World Humanitarian Day will commemorate the highest annual incidence of major attacks against aid workers worldwide, yet recorded. 

    In the years that have elapsed since the foundation of World Humanitarian Day a number of trends and developments have emerged which profoundly affect how, where and in what circumstances humanitarian workers can provide assistance to populations in peril. 

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  6. UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012
    UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012

    Crowds of locals surround the recently-dispatched UN monitoring team as they walk through the streets of Homs, Syria. Pursuant to an authorization by the Security Council, the team of six unarmed observers were deployed to Syria on 16 April, tasked with reporting on the cessation of violence between Government and opposition forces.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: UN Photo/Neeraj Singh
    Source: UN multimedia

    Syria crisis: the humanitarian response

    Event - Round-table - 15 June 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This closed-door roundtable on the Syria crisis brought together leading humanitarian aid agencies and senior figures with direct experience of humanitarian work in the country. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the response of the international community and consider its impact on the civilian population. 

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  7. Trends and challenges in humanitarian civil–military coordination

    Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 3 May 2012
    HPG Working Papers
    Victoria Metcalfe, Simone Haysom and Stuart Gordon
    This literature review identifies key trends emerging from the literature on civil–military coordination in conflicts and natural disasters. It deals with the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts, and offers some reflections on the relationship between national military actors and the international humanitarian community.
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  8. International Committee of the Red Cross: Professional standards for protection work

    Event - Workshop - 28 March 2012 09:30 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    At thehe Advisory Group  for the Professional Standards for Protection Work, Victoria Metcalfe will present on draft propositions based on the outcomes of the discussion held and the relevant tables and the different definitions of the concept of protection (in relation with an ODI-ICRC event on the concept of protection, which will take place in December 2011).

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  9. United Nations High Commission for Refugees: Global protection cluster annual retreat

    Event - Retreat - 21 - 23 March 2012

    The two day meeting follows a successful conclusion of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) visioning process which led to the elaboration of the GPC strategy and work plan. Participants will discuss the directions that the GPC will take as it implements its new strategy. They will also examine contemporary protection challenges. Victoria Metcalfe will present on civil-military coordination and protection of civilians.

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