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A Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention

The use of foreign military and civil defence assets in disaster relief. Oslo Guidelines Update nov 2006 , revision 1.1 November 2007

Disaster risk reduction and water, sanitation and hygiene ... comprehensive guidance: a guideline for field practitioners planning and implementing WASH interventions

This book is part of a series of food security and livelihood programme books developed by ACTION AGAINST HUNGER (ACF) International and is based upon a consolidation of experiences and investigations led over the past years in the field. This series looks at and develops specific aspects of the different food security and livelihood programmes, especially the technical tools that can be used within the scope of precise projects

Launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, The Sphere Project is an initiative to define and uphold the standards by which the global community responds to the plight of people affected by disasters, principally through a set of guidelines that are set out in the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (commonly referred to as the Sphere Handbook).

Launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, The Sphere Project is an initiative to define and uphold the standards by which the global community responds to the plight of people affected by disasters, principally through a set of guidelines that are set out in the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (commonly referred to as the Sphere Handbook).

is the first collection of core humanitarian instruments developed by the UN and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on civil-military relationship in complex emergencies

The manual presents the first strategic "doctrine" ever produced for civilians engaged in peacebuilding missions. It is a practical roadmap for helping countries transition from violent conflict to peace. For decades, militaries have been equipped with doctrine that guides their decisions and actions. Civilian actors, however, still operate today without any unifying framework or shared set of principles to guide their actions in these complex environments

United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) is necessary to promote humanitarian principles, and protect humanitarian operating space, in humanitarian response operations where both humanitarian/civilian and military actors are present.