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The 2024 Core Humanitarian Standard

What is the CHS?

The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) sets out nine commitments to people affected by crises. The 2024 edition covers issues such as participation in decisions, safe ways to make complaints, and improving assistance in response to feedback.

The commitments provide a way to examine how organisations involve affected people in decisions, respond to their priorities, protect their rights and improve assistance based on what communities tell them.

The interactive handbook gives the full text and the requirements under each commitment. CoDRRA also provides an article on the 2024 edition and a self-assessment tool based on the earlier edition.

The nine commitments at a glance

  1. Rights and participation. People can exercise their rights and take part in decisions and activities that affect them.
  2. Timely and effective support. Support responds to what people need and what they identify as priorities.
  3. Preparedness and resilience. People can prepare for future crises and strengthen their ability to recover.
  4. Protection from harm. Assistance avoids causing harm to people or the environment.
  5. Safe complaints. People can raise concerns safely and receive a response.
  6. Coordination. Organisations coordinate their work so that different forms of support complement one another.
  7. Learning and improvement. Organisations use feedback and what they learn to improve assistance over time.
  8. Staff and volunteers. People receive support from staff and volunteers who are respectful, competent and properly managed.
  9. Responsible use of resources. Organisations manage resources for assistance responsibly and ethically.

Read the full commitments and their requirements in the official CHS Handbook.

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