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How do we ensure that protection activities are sustainable? and avoid the band-aid on a bullet wound cycle?

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Protection is the responsibility of all humanitarian actors

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Protection is the responsibility of all humanitarian actors

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Definition of Protection:
All activities aimed at obtaining full respect for the rights of the individual in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the relevant bodies of law, i.e. International Human Rights Law (IHRL), International Humanitarian Law, International Refugee law (IRL)."
— Inter-Agency Standing
Committee (IASC), 1999

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The main objective of the GPC is to help ensure that everyone delivering humanitarian action is using a protection lens.

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How does protection in humanitarian settings relate to social protection, nexus and SDGs?

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Protection is EVERYBODY's, and not just the Protection Sector's business

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How can the Protection Sector propose this to  other Sectors without it coming across as an imposition?

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Protection can be seen as an objective, a legal responsibility and an activity.

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Protection is the umbrella of all humanitarian action and the centrality of protection should be highly monitored. Hence, protection is about the rights of people and the land is considered one of their rights.

Question: How to ensure the security of tenure is effective and applicable in a country where the economic situation is extremely devastated to help IDPs plan their future in addition to guarantee the rights of landowners at the same time to reduce the risks of disputes and prevents forced eviction that many IDPs encountered.

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Protection in humanitarian actions is mandatory and is everyone's responsibility. It should be well resourced..

Question. How do we remain effective as protection cluster in a country where there is Government co -leadership and the Government is one of the alleged perpetrators...how do we hold each other accountable

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Protection is at the heart of all humanitarian action.

Question: Clusters have a role to coordinate NGO partners and government bodies depending on the contextual requirements. Its phases are classified as emergency and recovery which can be considered as the traditional approach to humanitarian vs. development needs. However, we know that these phases can take place at the same time and actually it is important to take actions that would lead to capacity building of local bodies in terms of sustainability of the response. In this framework, would it be possible to include local entities which are not NGOs, such as Protection Committees formed under Local Councils in northwest Syria, in Protection Cluster mechanism considering their role in engagement with the affected populations?

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The systematic inclusion of inter-sectoral analysis concerning the risks and needs of children in contexts contaminated by explosive ordnance will facilitate such accountability.

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Protection and AoRs are all bound to the same principles and goals, thought  sometimes we tend to forget that and let sectorial territorialism prevail. Protection outcomes are better achieved when protection and AoRs are working and coordinating together

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- Everyone contributes to protection outcomes and protection actors play a role in supporting other non-protection partners
- It is key  to work with local authorities and community leaders to raise awareness and develop community based protection strategy to promote civilian safety in conflicts

Question that I would like to see answered during the rest of the programme
- How to encourage cluster members to engage in the coordination work?

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Question(s) that I would like to see answered during the rest of the programme: 

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Question(s) that I would like to see answered during the rest of the programme: 

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1- given the different understanding of protection of civilians between military/peacekeeping and humanitarian actors, how to effectively mainstream protection in civil/military context
2- effective ways to enhance accountability to affected population an ensure community participation
3- a significant part of protection work is about awareness and behavior changing. Howe can we ensure our messages are effective?

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How we can address needs which are not included in any sector (for example, physical rehabilitation, fire incidents, people with chronic disease

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We are accountable to the people we serve.

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How can the protection coordination engage with further humanitarian mechanisms that address protection-related issues (PSEA network, MARA,..)?

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- Prioritize safety and dignity and avoid causing harm.

- Protection is about rights of the people

Question that i would like to see answered during the rest of the Programme:
- Since protection is about people’s right, how protection cluster coordinates with rule of law working groups like courts and UN human rights working group?