Humanitarian Evacuations as a protection tool of last resort (14 February 2017)
Channel: Global Protection Cluster GPC
Date: 2017-02-24

Humanitarian Evacuations are typically resorted to as a measure of last resort when other means to protect civilians from extreme risk would have been ineffective and in situations where parties to the conflict are unable or unwilling to protect civilians, use indiscriminate violence or even target civilians directly. More recent examples, such as from the Central African Republic or the Syrian cities of Homs or Aleppo, underline the lifesaving nature of humanitarian evacuations for civilians in besieged and enclaved areas as well as their last resort character. They further demonstrated the operational challenges such protection interventions encounter.
Louise Aubin, Deputy Director in UNHCR’s Division of International Protection, and Pierre Gentile, Head of the Protection Division and the Central Tracing Agency, at the ICRC, introduce the subject to the audience from their organizational perspective and engage with the participants on the requirements for preparation and planning for and implementation of humanitarian evacuations as a protection tool of last resort. The Webinar is facilitated by Simon Russell, Global Protection Cluster Coordinator.