Technical Competency
Confidentiality and Information Protection
Professional Development:
As an individual or as part of continuing professional development of personnel, there are some resources which can be valuable in supporting the development and capacity building around this Murad Code Technical Competency.
UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI), “International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict” (2nd Ed.) (‘IP2’), pp.111-115, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-protocol-on-the-documentation-and-investigation-of-sexual-violence-in-conflict
UNICEF Agora training resources:
“Developing an Information-Sharing and Data Confidentiality Policy Training”, available at https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=33135
“Data Responsibility and Protection Principles for Clusters”, available at https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=33134
Kaya Humanitarian Leadership Academy training resources:
Save the Children, “Responsible Data Management in Emergencies”, available at https://kayaconnect.org/course/view.php?id=2004
IRC, “Gender-Based Violence Information Management System”, available at https://kayaconnect.org/course/info.php?id=2929
UNHCR, “Policy on the Protection of Personal Data of Persons of Concern to UNHCR” (2015), available at https://www.refworld.org/policy/strategy/unhcr/2015/en/120873
UNFPA, “Gender Based Violence: Information Management System Manual” (Afghanistan), available at https://platform.who.int/docs/default-source/mca-documents/policy-documents/operational-guidance/AFG-GBV-19-01-OPERATIONALGUIDANCE-2017-eng-GBV-IMS-Manual.pdf?utm_source (offers streamlined processes for gathering survivor information—including guidance on consent forms, how to maintain survivor control over data, and ethical storage.)