Child Protection Minimum Standards

The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) have become one of the key resources for humanitarian workers since its launch in 2012. 

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The CPMS have been developed to support child protection work in humanitarian settings by:

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• Establishing common principles between those working in child protection;

• Strengthening coordination between humanitarian actors;

• Improving the quality of child protection programming and its impact on children;

• Improving the accountability of child protection programming;

• Defining the professional field of child protection in humanitarian action;

• Providing a synthesis of good practice and learning to date; and

• Strengthening advocacy and communication on child protection risks, needs and responses.