This provisional edition of the handbook provides practical operational guidance and tools to support the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other affected populations in complex emergencies as well as during natural disasters. This Provisional Edition of the Handbook is primarily intended for use by staff, particularly field staff, of international organizations engaged in responding to internal displacement. The handbook is divided into six parts: foundations of protection; attitudes and skills required to support protection work; building a strategic protection response; key activities and tools for protection; how to prevent, mitigate and respond to specific protection risks and rights violations commonly faced by IDPs; durable solutions and the importance of having a solutions-oriented approach to protection.
Right to asylum, Right to education, Right to food & water, Right to health, Human rights-based approach, International humanitarian law, Monitoring & measuring human rights, Post-conflict environments
