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Jan 30, 2024 · One such principle is the imperative of 'do no harm,' which mandates that UNHCR takes measures to prevent and alleviate any adverse consequences of its actions on the affected populations.
Mar 8, 2021 · Instead, the Do No Harm principle should lead humanitarian aid agencies to make an active effort to accept responsibility for the harm while taking all necessary steps to mitigate or avoid harming in future interventions.
- Abu Faisal Md. Khaled
- faisal.khaled@bup.edu.bd
- 2021
World Vision uses the "Do No Harm" approach (also known as "Local Capacities for Peace" or LCP) to integrate conflict-sensitivity wherever it is relevant. "Do No Harm" is a tool first developed by Mary Anderson and published by the organisation CDA.
Dec 15, 2023 · Today, the ‘do no harm’ principle is leveraged in a variety of humanitarian contexts, including in the guidance of refugee responses, natural disasters, gender mainstreaming, development aid, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, humanitarian intervention, and post-conflict reconstruction (Khaled Citation 2021, Schmeidl et al.
Table of Contents. What is Do No Harm? What is “Do No Harm”? Why Try To Do No Harm? Some Fundamental Lessons of the Do No Harm Project. Approaches to the Framework. The Do No Harm Framework: A Brief Description of Seven Steps. Outline of a Seven Step Approach. Other ways to use the Framework. Notes on Using the Framework and its Elements .
At a practical level, we emphasize a taxonomy of harm that weighs the organizational use of experimental innovation in humanitarian contexts against the potential to result in the following harms: (1) distribution of harm, (2) resource scarcity, and (3) legal liability and reputational damage.
The EU’s humanitarian response will continue to abide by the principle to ‘do no harm’, which involves not causing further damage to the affected populations and the environment. Our response strives to be conflict-sensitive, ensuring that it does not inadvertently exacerbate conflicts.
