PROTECTION AND COVID-19
The Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and its field operations are working closely with partners and governments to ensure the inclusion of those in need of protection as a result of conflict, disasters and climate change in national and local COVID-19 preparedness, prevention and response activities. This page has been established to share protection-related information and resources on COVID-19, including examples of operational tools produced by field clusters, which will be updated as they become available.
COVID-19 Country Profiles
1. General Information
Here is basic information on COVID-19 that can be used for communication and quoting:
- Rational use of personal protective equipment for COVID-19 – WHO (NEW!)
- Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – WHO (NEW!)
- COVID-19 Guidance to Import Goods for Humanitarian Operators – IMPACCT (NEW!)
- COVID-19 List of measures for cross-border agencies – IMPACCT (NEW!)
2. Global Protection Cluster
Find here key guidance issued by the Global Protection Cluster. For more information please use the GPC community of practice here.
2.1 Situation Reports
- Situation Report #1 on COVID-19 – GPC
- Situation Report #2 on COVID-19 – GPC
- Situation Report #3 on COVID-19 – GPC
- Situation Report #4 on COVID-19 – GPC
- Situation Report #5 on COVID-19 – GPC (NEW)
2.2 Guidance
- TT-CASH Guidance (Also in FR, ES, AR) – GPC (NEW)
- COVID-19 Global Protection Response – GPC Support Options – GPC
- Responding to protection risks during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Protection Cluster Operational Footprint – GPC
- Orientation Note on HRP Revision Related to COVID-19 – GPC AoRs
- GPC Task Team on Anti-Trafficking COVID-19 guidance (Also in FR, ES) – GPC
- Operational Advisory Note: COVID-19 Response and Preparedness Related Measures – GPC
- Operational Advisory Note – Annex 1. Protection Programming in COVID-19 Situation
- Community-based protection during COVID-19 – GPC Operational Advisory Note Annex 1 (Also in ES, FR) (NEW)
- Operational Advisory Note – Annex 2. Specific Protection Issues in COVID-19 Situation
- Brief on Protection Mainstreaming – GPC
- Protection Mainstreaming Toolkit – GPC
- Protection Mainstreaming Sector Specific Guidance – GPC
- Tips for Protection Mainstreaming in Health – GPC
- Resource Library for EORE and COVID 19 – MA AoR
- Online document for HLP guidance on COVID-19 – HLP AoR
- Child Protection Resource Menu for COVID-19 – CP AoR
- Tools and resources on COVID-19 – GBV AoR
- Advocacy resources on COVID-19 – GBV AoR
- GBV Community of Practice COVID-19 Related Resources – GBV AoR
3. Protection Operational Response
Here are five core actions our operations are taking in over 30 countries, find our overall guidance here and the tools they are using for:
3.1 Advocacy and communication with communities
- Assisting Displaced and Conflict-Affected Older People in Ukraine (Also in: UKR, RU) – Ukraine (NEW)
- Note de protection – Sécurité alimentaire – Avril 2020 – Mali (NEW)
- Note de plaidoyer : Attaques contre la population civile dans la région du Centre (janvier – avril 2020) – Mali (NEW)
- Brief on COVID 19-related human rights and protection issues – Update 1 – South Sudan
- Brief on COVID 19-related human rights and protection issues – Update 2 – South Sudan
- 10 Questions to ask to know the changing needs of the community – UNHCR
- COVID-19: La menace c’est le virus et non la personne – Central African Republic
- Protection and Human Rights Considerations (Also in: AR) – Sudan
- UNHCR Q&A on COVID-19 quarantine measures and their impact on IDPs (Also in: UKR, RU) – Ukraine
- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Amid COVID-19 (Also available in: AR) – Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Protection Considerations in Establishing and Running Quarantine Sites – Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Press Release: UN and Humanitarian Actors Call For US$165 Million to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ukraine (Also in: UKR, RU) – Ukraine
- Joint statement on COVID-19 and Wasting – UNICEF, Global Nutrition Cluster
- IDP Information Center Report- April 2020 – Iraq
- Constant risks, looming disaster: the urgent case for a moratorium on evictions – Somalia
- Note from the South Sudan National Advisory Group on Solutions on COVID-19 – South Sudan
- COVID-19 Protection Advocacy Note – GPC
- COVID-19 Response: Key Protection Concerns from the National Protection Cluster – Ethiopia
- Protection and Human Rights Considerations COVID-19 – South Sudan
- Protection Cluster Guidance Note on COVID-19 (Also available in: PT) – Mozambique
- Protection Sector Key Advocacy Messages COVID-19 – Myanmar
- COVID-19 Outbreak Protection Brief – Pacific
- Prevent COVID-19 Social Stigma – Pacific
- Right to Protection Analysis of legal provisions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 (Also available in: UKR) – Ukraine
- Help-Age COVID-19 Advice for Older People
- Help-Age COVID-19 Key Messages
- Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) COVID-19 – UNHCR
3.2 Business continuity, partnerships and remote programming
- COVID-19: Stratégie d’intervention pour le Cluster Protection et ses Sous-Clusters – Mali (NEW!)
- Orientation Note on HRP Revision Related to COVID-19 – GPC AoRs (NEW!)
- COVID-19 Response Readiness and HRP Revision Guidance Note – OCHA (NEW!)
- COVID-19 Response Readiness and HRP Revision Guidance Note – Annex I – OCHA (NEW!)
- COVID-19 Response Readiness and HRP Revision Guidance Note – Annex II – OCHA (NEW!)
- OCHA HRP Revision Questions and Answers (Also available in FR) – OCHA (NEW!)
- HPC Guidance Presentation (In French) – OCHA (NEW!)
- Country Office Template: Global HRP for COVID-19 Pandemic – OCHA (NEW!)
- Protection Sector Guidance on the Criticality of Protection Activities During the COVID-19 Situation – Libya
- Priority HRP Activities during COVID-19 – Iraq
3.3 Coordination modalities and interagency engagement
3.4 Analysis and monitoring
3.5 Protection response and service delivery
- COVID-19 Protection Mainstreaming Checklist for Clusters – Mozambique (NEW!)
- Cash and Protection questions and answers – Syria (NEW!)
- Suivi de la réponse protection Mali 2020 – Mali (NEW!)
- Housing, Land and Property Sub-cluster Iraq COVID-19 Response Guidance Note – Iraq (NEW!)
- Protection Cluster SitRep 11 April 2020 – Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Protection Cluster SitRep 28 April 2020 – Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Protection Cluster SitRep 8 May 2020 – Occupied Palestinian Territory (NEW!)
- Syria HCT Guidance Note on the Rehabilitation of Quarantine Facilities– Syria
- COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Protection of groups at Disproportionate Risk – Yemen
- Guidance on COVID-19 preparedness – Yemen
- Preparedness and Response to Covid-19 Protecting Groups at Disproportionate Risk – Yemen
- COVID-19 Preparedness and Response: Maintaining Effective Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms – Yemen
- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Amid COVID-19 – (Also in: AR) – Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Protection and Human Rights Considerations (Also in: AR) – Sudan
- COVID-19: Stratégie d’intervention pour le Cluster Protection et ses Sous-Clusters – Mali
- Protection considerations for quarantine facilities – Syria
- COVID-19 Preparedness and Mitigation of Community Transmission (IOM) – Ethiopia
- Guidance Note on GBV Service Provision during the time of COVID-19 (Also available in: PT) – Mozambique
- COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement – RCCE
- COVID-19 Response Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities – UNICEF
- Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19 – UNHCR
- Sphere Standards and response to Corona virus – Sphere
- Gendered Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings – CARE
- Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak – IASC
- Mental Health Considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak – WHO
4. Self-Care
5. IASC and Global Guidance
Find here practical interagency guidance on dealing with COVID-19 in operations including for preparedness, control and response in schools, camps, for food distribution, inclusion of marginalised people and addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19. For information relevant to sectoral responses please see here. For additional technical guidance from WHO, please see here.
- COVID-19 Gender Update – UN Women (NEW!)
- Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on older persons – UN (NEW!)
- Guidance on COVID-19 and minority rights: overview and promising practices – OHCHR (NEW!)
- Issue-based Coalition on Large Movements of Population, Displacement and Resilience – UN (NEW!)
- Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move – UN (NEW!)
- Localisation and the COVID-19 Response – IASC (NEW!)
- Policy Brief on Human Rights and COVID-19 – UN (NEW!)
- Prevention and Response to SGBV in COVID-19 Quarantine Centres: Recommendations and Best Practices – ICRC (NEW!)
- Situation of IDPs, refugees, returnees, migrants and peacekeepers in Africa in COVID-19 context – AU Peace and Security Council
- IASC Interim Guidance on Public Health Measures for COVID-19 in Low Capacity and Humanitarian Settings – IASC
- Agenda for Action – Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children
- UN Secretary General Remarks to Security Council on COVID-19 (as delivered) – UN
- Activation of the IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Protocols; Adapted to the Global Covid-19 Pandemic – IASC
- United Nations Crisis Management Policy Activation for 2019-nCoV crisis; DRAFT TORs
- COVID19 Crisis Management Team on COVID-19 Meeting Minutes
- UNHCR Cash Assistance and COVID-19: Emerging Field Practices – UNHCR
- COVID-19 – General Guidance for the Management of the Dead – ICRC
- Guidance note: Human rights at the time of COVID-19 (Also available in: UA, RU) – OHCHR
- IASC Interim Briefing Note Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak – IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency settings
- The COVID-19 Crisis: Key Protection Messages – UNHCR
- IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19 – Key Messages on Flexible Funding – IASC Results Group 5 on Humanitarian Financing
- IASC Interim Guidance Gender Alert for COVID-19 Outbreak – IASC Reference Group for Gender in Humanitarian Action
- IASC Interim Technical Note on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) during COVID-19 Response – IASC
- IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19 – Focus on Persons Deprived of their Liberty – OHCHR and WHO
- IASC Interim Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools – IFRC/UNICEF/WHO
- IASC Interim Recommendations for Adjusting Food Distribution Standard Operating Procedures in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak – WFP
- IASC Interim Guidance Note on Scaling-Up COVID-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response Operations in Humanitarian Situations including in Camps and Camp-Like Settings – IASC
- Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 Interim guidance 16 March 2020 – WHO
- Considerations in the investigation of cases and clusters of COVID-19 – WHO
- COVID-19 Resources – Global WASH Cluster
- COVID -19 Resources – Global CCCM Cluster
- COVID-19 Resources – Global Food Security Cluster
- COVID -19 Resources – Global Logistics Cluster
- COVID -19 Resources – Global Clusters Coordination Group