Resources - RSSN Americas

Americas Regional Safe Spaces Network Lessons Learned And Toolkit - Part 3: Additional Resources

Age, Gender and Diversity Policy

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Policy on Age, Gender, and Diversity, UNHCRlHCP/2018/1, 8 March 2018, available at: https://www.unhcr.org/5aa13c0c7.pdf

Community Based Protection

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), A Community-based Approach in UNHCR Operations, 01 January 2018, available at: https://www.unhcr.org/publications/legal/47ed0e212/community-based-approach-unhcr-operations.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Manual on a Community Based Approach in UNHCR Operations, March 2008, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/47da54722.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operations, May 2006, First edition, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/462df4232.html

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection Glossary (Glosario Sobreprotección de la Infancia, Violencia Sexual y de Género y Terminología Relacionada), February 2018, available at: https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/scripts/doc.php?file=fileadmin/Documentos/BDL/2018/11638
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Recomendaciones para el uso de un Lenguaje Inclusivo de Género (Gender Inclusive Language Recommendations), February 2018, available at: https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/scripts/doc. php?file=fileadmin/Documentos/BDL/2018/11627
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), SGBV Training Package, October 2016, available at: https://www.unhcr.org/publications/manuals/583577ed4/sgbv-prevention-response-training-package.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: An Updated Strategy, June 2011, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e01ffeb2.html
Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and IASC (Inter-Agency Standing Committee),
Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, 2015, available at: https://gbvguidelines.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-IASC-Gender-based-Violence-Guidelines_lo-res.pdf
Interagency gender-based violence case management guidelines, 2017, available at: http://www.gbvims.com/?s=Interagency-GBV-Case-Management-Guidelines_final_2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Update on refugee women: promoting gender equality and eliminating sexual and gender-based violence, 4 June 2013, EC/64/SC/CRP.12, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5209f48d4.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons. Guidelines for Prevention and Response, May 2003, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3edcd0661.html

Child Protection

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Listen and Learn: Participatory Assessment with Children and Adolescents, 2012, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4fffe4af2.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), A Framework for the Protection of Children, 26 June 2012, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/4fe875682.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Field Handbook for the Implementation of UNHCR BID Guidelines, November 2011, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/4e4a57d02.html
Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Toolkit on Unaccompanied and separated children, Inter-agency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, November 2016, available at: reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/tools-web-2017-0322.pdf
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Child protection Issue Brief: Sexual violence against children, January 2014, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/52e7c67a4.html
Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, “Rights and Guarantees of Children in the Context of Migration and/or in Need of International Protection”, OC-21/14, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR), 19 August 2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,IACRTHR,54129c854.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child, May 2008, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/48480c342.html
Inter-Agency Emergency Standard Operating Procedures for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence and Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Children in Jordan, 2014, available at: reliefweb.int/report/jordan/inter-agency-emergency-standard-operating-procedures-prevention-and-response-gender

Protection of LGBTI Individuals

Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Advisory Opinion OC - 24/17, Requested by the Republic of Costa Rica, “Gender Identity, and equality and non-discrimination of same-sex couple”, 24 November 2017, available at: www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/opiniones/seriea_24_eng.docx
UNHCR Emergency Handbook emergency.unhcr.org/entry/221506/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-intersex-lgbti-persons

Legal instruments

UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, p. 3, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38f0.html
UN General Assembly, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 18 December 1979, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, p. 13, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3970.html
Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (“Convention of Belem do Para”), 9 June 1994, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38b1c.html

Regional Instruments

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 2 May 1948, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3710.html
Organization of American States (OAS), American Convention on Human Rights, “Pact of San Jose”, Costa Rica, 22 November 1969, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36510.html
Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama, 22 November 1984, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36ec.html
Brazil Declaration and Plan of Action, 3 December 2014, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/5487065b4.html

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Accountability to Persons of Concern to UNHCR

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Best Practice Guide Inter-Agency Community-Based Complaint Mechanisms, International Organization for Migration, 2016, available at: publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/best_practice_guide_web.pdf
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Code of Conduct & Explanatory Notes, June 2004, available at www.unhcr.org/422dbc89a.html
PSEA Network, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) by Humanitarian Personnel in Jordan, Inter-Agency SEA Community – Based Complaint referral Mechanism (CBCRM), 04 May 2016, available at: reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/CBCRM.pdf
Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by our own staff (PSEA). Web page: www.pseataskforce.org/es/
UNHCR Emergency Handbook emergency.unhcr.org/entry/147239/accountability-to-affected-populations-aap
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Protection and Solutions Strategy for the Northern Triangle of Central America 2016-2018, 24 December 2015, available at: http://reporting.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/Protection%20and%20 Solutions%20Strategy%20for%20the%20Northern%20Triangle%20of%20 Central%20America%202016-2018.pdf
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), San Jose Action Statement, 7 July 2016, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/57a8a4854.html

Data Protection

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Policy on the Protection of Personal Data of Persons of Concerns to UNHCR, May 2015, available at: www.refworld.org/pdfid/55643c1d4.pdf
Protection Information Management https://pim.guide/
Gender-based violence information management system (GBV IMS). Web page: www.gbvims.com

Webpages

Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados Americas: www.acnur.org
UNHCR refworld: www.refworld.org
ACNUR refworld: www.refworld.org.es