Independent consultant, Switzerland.
Disasters. 2019 Jan;43(1):46-66. doi: 10.1111/disa.12300. Epub 2018 Sep 27.
For the past two decades, humanitarian actors have been grappling increasingly with the complex issue of protecting civilians. The definition of protection adopted by humanitarians is considered to be too broad to provide effective operational direction. This paper aims to contribute to recent initiatives to operationalise protection. Teasing out a broad typology of humanitarian protection through an examination of the scope, objectives, and strategies of a range of humanitarian actors, it suggests, would result in better identification of gaps and the channelling of efforts to support a system-wide protection response. Emphasising recent calls for collective analysis as a means of eventuating protection, the paper also draws attention to the contested understanding that may arise concerning solutions to protection crises. Closely entwined with politics, protection defies neat technical solutions. The paper concludes that deepening knowledge of how communities conceive their own interests may provide the basis for a collective protection response.
在过去的二十年中，人道主义行动者越来越多地面临着保护平民这一复杂问题。人道主义者采用的保护定义被认为过于宽泛，无法提供有效的行动指导。本文旨在为近期将保护措施付诸实践的举措做出贡献。通过考察一系列人道主义行为者的范围、目标和战略，梳理出广泛的人道主义保护类型，这将有助于更好地发现差距，并为支持全系统保护反应提供努力方向。本文强调了最近呼吁进行集体分析以实现保护的做法，同时也提请注意对于保护危机解决方案可能出现的有争议的理解。保护与政治紧密交织，无法简单地通过技术手段来解决。本文的结论是，加深对社区如何理解自身利益的认识，可能为集体保护反应提供基础。
