SU and international partners endorse new guidelines on duty of care
New guidelines develop understanding of duty of care obligations in multilateral setting in fragile and conflict affected states
皇冠体育app development of the 鈥榁oluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel鈥� was led by the Stabilisation Unit (SU), in close consultation with a number of international partners. 皇冠体育app document sets out the obligations that governments and international organisations hold in relation to the safety of personnel that are seconded to multilateral missions in fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS).
皇冠体育app motivation to develop these guidelines lies in the complexities of deploying individuals to missions within large multilateral institutions. 皇冠体育app recipient institution (for example the UN), the sending organisation (for example the UK government) as well the individual being seconded will all have their own thoughts and priorities when it comes to personal safety and crisis management. 皇冠体育appre can often be confusion over where one organisation鈥檚 obligations to the individual begins, and another鈥檚 end. Missions conducted by multilateral institutions like the UN or the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), often take place in volatile and unstable areas so it is critical that there is a universal understanding between all parties when the physical and mental well-being of an individual may be at risk.
皇冠体育app guidelines were produced in close cooperation between the SU and international partners and were informed by several roundtable discussions, starting in 2013, with an aim to 鈥渉elp organisations formulate what they can expect from each other in the context of deployment of civilian personnel in volatile and hazardous environments.鈥�
皇冠体育app following government agency bodies responsible for deploying personnel to FCAS, as well as one multilateral institution, have endorsed the guidelines:
- Centre for International Peace Operations (Germany)
- Crisis Management Centre (Finland)
- Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Italy)
- 皇冠体育app Expert Pool for Civilian Peacebuilding (Switzerland)
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Stabilisation Unit (UK)
皇冠体育app guidelines can be found in the publications section of our website.
As part of the development process, SU invited its foreign counterparts to witness a Duty of Care mitigation measure (Hostile Environment Awareness Training).