REASONS FOR SEPARATE UNITS:HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT AND PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION – CONCERN UNIVERSAL

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MISSION AND VISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT

M I S S I O N

• To work in partnership with rights based organization to protect people’s rights, dignity and respect. This support rights based, gender sensitive and participatory actions that enable vulnerable and excluded people to lead their lives in a sustainable way

V I S I O N

• A society where everyone enjoy their lives with rights, dignity and respect

OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTION UNIT / SECTIONCONCERN UNIVERSAL, BANGLADESH

• To protect and promote the rights of the people of the Republic and to fight against sex and gender based violence

HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT – CONCERN UNIVERSAL• Human rights unit is functioning for promoting rights and respect of

women, children and other vulnerable groups and protecting them from trafficking , exploitation and all forms of violence in South Asia. The action integrated community led rights based approach that enables women, children and other vulnerable groups to improve their rights and access for shaping their own future with right decisions.

PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION – CONCERN UNIVERSAL • Protection Unit /section (Bangladesh) has been organized based on

the action integrated community that led rights based approach which enables women, children and other vulnerable groups to improve their rights and access for shaping their own future with right decisions under the project PRADG.

• From the beginning of its work it was strengthening by inspiration, information, support of the issue of sex and gender based violence and preventive actions and measurement from local and international partners, agencies and advisory personnel from different organizations.

• Protection Unit/section will work for the marginalized people for protecting themselves from cleansing, migrating, displacement and other kinds of violence that are continuing domestically and socially. Legal bindings and capacity building for sustaining the community will focus based on issue, proper documentation, using tools and technics of protection and promotion of rights.

ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT FOCUSED – CUB • Anti human trafficking / trafficking issues

• Women Empowerment

• Protection of women and girls

• Promotion of people’s rights and accessibility

• Local Governance

ISSUE OF PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION FOCUSED - CUB• Religious minority

• Women

• Children

• Indigenous community

• Displaced persons

• Vulnerable community

COMMON ISSUES BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT AND PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION – CU-B• Upholding dignity and respect

• Protection and promotion of rights

• Reduce violence

• Anti-trafficking issues

• Cross boarder issues

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT AND PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION

H U M A N R I G H T S U N I T

• Accessible

• Observation

• Promote rights

• Equality

• Asses output

• Encourage empowerment

• Based on rights

• Mainstreaming

P R O T E C T I O N U N I T

• Restricted

• Rapid action

• Prevent violence

• Subjective

• Assess risk

• Ensure sustainability

• Based on violation of rights

• Inclusion

PARTNERSHIP

H U M A N R I G H T S U N I T

• Rights based organization

P R O T E C T I O N U N I T / S E C T I O N

• Legal research organization

IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVES (ON GOING)

H U M A N R I G H T S U N I T

• Cross boarder anti trafficking project

• Addressing violence against women and rights through empowerment issues

• Addressing violence and discrimination against women and girls issues

• Addressing democratic local governance

• PRADG Project

• Early warning & TAM TAM Alert Project

P R O T E C T I O N U N I T / S E C T I O N

• PRADG Project

• Early warning & TAM TAM Alert Project

INTERVENTIONS QUESTIONS (PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION) What protection does the applicant have in law and in fact?

Are the local authority unable to offer protection?

Why displacement and fear of persecution?

Is the applicant experienced of violence and gender based discrimination?

What are the gaps between existing legal system and procedural legal interventions?

Does the local authority take the individual case or grant in community ?

What challenges are common in the target area?

Can the previous interventions sensitize the beneficiary? If yes, how? If not, why?

How is monitoring mechanisms?

Does the national law support traditional practices? How?

What about emotional and financial condition?

IMPLEMENTATION INTERVENTIONS (PROTECTION

UNIT/SECTION) Strengthened capacity to support solution to the beneficiaries

Assess impact of previous interventions, contradictions , best practices and on going challenges

Identify and support to respond on gender roles and relations including the concept of masculinity and sharing the domestic tasks

Organize men and boys voice to protect violence against women and girls and to stop abusing women and girls in respect of gender mainstreaming

Create awareness for promoting equal gender roles and responsibility and relationships such as creation of focus groups, male and adolescent groups, change agents, monitoring and networking groups among beneficiary/target group

Design meaningful participation and evaluation of the ongoing project that affects the beneficiary (positive or negative, both)

Set feedback session on the results of monitoring and evaluation discussing the results (sensitivity increase and accessible ways)

Review the concerned scope and opportunity to involve active program, research or activities

CU (BANGLADESH) CLUSTERS - AT GLANCE• Organizational development – Hamid Bhai

• Livelihood and cross border – Shamim Bhai

• Health – ????

• Human Rights – Shankor da

• Protection Section (Proposed) – ???

• DRR – Sanjukta di

• Human Resource and Program support – Zahed Bhai

UN CLUSTERS - AT A GLANCE

• Nutrition (UNICEF)

• Health (WHO)

• Water/Sanitation (UNICEF)

• Emergency Shelter (UNHCR/IFRC)

• Camp Coordination/Management (UNHCR/IOM)

• Protection (UNHCR/OHCHR/UNICEF)

• Early Recovery (UNDP)

• Logistics (WFP)

• Emergency Telecommunications (OCHA/UNICEF/WFP).

HOW DOES HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT WORK?

• Governments normally guarantee the basic human rights and physical security of their citizens.

• It works in partnership and collaborate with local, national and global organizations who share vision and work with a wide range of partners, in government, the private sector and non-profit organizations, who share vision for a better world establishing rights of the people.

• It promote and protect the disadvantaged for making them accessible in mainstream.

HOW WILL PROTECTION UNIT/SECTION BE WORKING?• Partners in a variety of locations ranging from capital cities to

remote camps and border areas attempt to promote or provide legal and physical protection.

• It minimize the threat of violence - including sexual assault - which people are subject to, even in countries of asylum,

• It seeks to provide at least a minimum of shelter, food, water and medical care in the immediate aftermath of any disadvantage and marginalized people without any discrimination (race, religion, sex, and ethnicity) while taking into account the specific needs of women, children, the elderly and the disabled.

• Protection activities aimed at obtaining full respect for the rights of all individuals in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, regardless of their age, gender or social, ethnic, national, religious or other background.

HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING

• Promotes universal enjoyment of all human rights by giving practical effect to the will and resolve of the world community as expressed by the United Nations;

• Plays the leading role on human rights issues and emphasizes the importance of human rights at the international and national levels;

• Promotes international cooperation for human rights;

• Assists in the development of new norms;

• Supports human rights organs and treaty monitoring bodies;

• Responds to serious violations of human rights;

• Undertakes preventive human rights action;

• Undertakes human rights field activities and operations;

• Provides education, information advisory services and technical assistance in the field of human rights.

PROTECTION MAINSTREAMING

• Avoid causing harm: prevent and minimize as much as possible any unintended negative effects of your intervention which can increase people's vulnerability to both physical and psychosocial risks

• Equality: arrange for people’s meaningful access to impartial assistance and services - in proportion to need and without any barriers (i.e. discrimination). Pay special attention to individuals and groups who may be particularly vulnerable or have difficulty accessing assistance and services.

• Accountability to beneficiaries: set-up appropriate mechanisms through which affected populations can measure the adequacy of interventions, or address concerns and complaints.

• Participation and empowerment: support the development of self-protection capacities and assist people to claim their rights, including - not exclusively - the rights to shelter, food, water and sanitation, health, and education.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING

• Adequate accountability mechanisms for monitoring progress need to be established.

•  The initial identification of issues and problems across all area(s) of activity should be such that gender differences and disparities can be diagnosed.

• Assumptions that issues or problems are neutral from a gender-equality perspective should never be made.

• Gender analysis should always be carried out.

• Clear political will and allocation of adequate resources for mainstreaming, including additional financial and human resources if necessary, are important for translation of the concept into practice.

• Gender mainstreaming requires that efforts be made to broaden women's equitable participation at all levels of decision-making.

• Mainstreaming does not replace the need for targeted, women-specific policies and programmes, and positive legislation; nor does it do away with the need for gender units or focal points.

WOMEN AND GIRLS EMPOWERMENT

• Analyze the solution from and age, gender and diversity perspective

• Access to information on their rights

• Define their own priorities

• Take action as they consider appropriate to address inequalities and realize their full capacities and skills so that they can attain a level of control over their own environment and livelihood

• Initiative to prevent and respond to Sex and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)

• Creating a space for women and girls and strengthening their public voice so that they can participate meaningfully in and influence societal decision making processes

• Enhance their equal access to education, health and other services and their economic empowerment

• Working to achieve a shift in power relations between men and women, girls and boys towards equality, including traditional roles inside the home as well

SPECIFIC REASONS

• CUB Human rights unit has specific mission and vision but it has no specific objective

• Protection Unit has only specific objective, no mission and vision

• Human rights unit has a capacity to work all human rights issues which guaranteed by security and safety

• Protection unit has specific mandate to work for disadvantage, marginalized, vulnerable, wounded, SGBV victims, asylum seekers and underprivileged people

PURPOSE - SEPARATE UNITS

Develop document for importance of partnership in ensuring the protection of person of concern including women and girls concern

Focus partners respond to the beneficiary and relate them with particular solutions

Describe partners set the challenges for securing solutions for women and girls

Assess specific tools for relevant change to strengthened protection mechanism at local level

Identify risk and wider protection to individual risk arising and securing solutions

CHALLENGES

• Interaction with men and women, boys and girls

• Practice of invisible violation of rights

• No longer process and respond towards development

• Unequal participation of men and women and empowerment

• Avoid best interest of child in family and society based on rights approach

• Value less effort to work in community and negative culture

• Control over sexuality and power over support mechanisms (unequal power relation)

• Traditional practice and rigorous religious barrier

• Lack of proper coordination and absent of physical, psychological and social reintegration of victims and individual development

• Inactive law, policy practice of traditional attributes

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