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Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) Session Plan Module 2 - Session 1 Humanitarian Principles and Human Rights

The aim of the module is to develop a framework that reflects the essential foundations of a CAP strategy: humanitarian principles and human rights; complementarity, vulnerability assessment and analysis, and prioritisation.

Content:

1. The Evolution of Humanitarian Principles
2. The Basis in Law of Humanitarian Principles
3. International Humanitarian Law
4. Human Rights Law
5. Refugee Law

The module includes activities for participants; a trainer 's guide; recommendations to governments, donors, and intern-governmental organizations;and a number of handout materials for trainees on the following topics:

• Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• Summary of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief
• Sphere: The Humanitarian Charter
• The Principle of Non-Refoulement
• Sample Definitions for Humanitarian Principles
• Some Legal Definitions
• The Basis in Law for Humanitarian Principles
• Some Sources for the Legal Instruments
• Excerpts from the Charter of the United Nations
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The Essential Rules of International Humanitarian Law (taken from the ICRC website)
• The Refugee Conventions
• Summary of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
• International Convention on Economic and Social Rights (1966), Excerpts
• Excerpts from the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

  Length: 47 pages