Operational Protection in Camps and Settlements: A Reference Guide of Good Practices in the Protection of Refugees and Other Persons of Concern

This Reference Guide is an effort to address the difficulties of translating policy into practice and the obstacles to operationalize existing guidelines. It brings together a range of guidelines and policies into easily accessible segments, documents implementation challenges and then provides real-life examples of good practices where UNHCR and NGO field operations “ most successfully when in partnership “ have managed these challenges through creative and effective programmes.

This Reference Guide is also designed to be used in conjunction with two other publications developed in a process of close co-operation amongst UNHCR and NGOs, the Camp Management Toolkit and the Protecting Refugees: A Field Guide for NGOs. This Reference Guide is an effort to address the difficulties of translating policy into practice and the obstacles to operationalize existing guidelines. It brings together a range of guidelines and policies into easily accessible segments, documents implementation challenges and then provides real-life examples of good practices where UNHCR and NGO field operations “ most successfully when in partnership “ have managed these challenges through creative and effective programmes.

This Reference Guide is also designed to be used in conjunction with two other publications developed in a process of close co-operation amongst UNHCR and NGOs, the Camp Management Toolkit and the Protecting Refugees: A Field Guide for NGOs.