Contribution to the humanitarian protection cluster response in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Switzerland contributes to the OHCHR-led humanitarian protection cluster response in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Considering the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the volatile security situation in the West Bank, strengthened coordination of protection actors, scaled up community-based protection mechanisms and continuous protection monitoring are key elements for an enhanced centrality of protection in humanitarian action.
| Land/Region | Thema | Periode | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Besetztes Palästinensisches Gebiet |
Nothilfe und Schutz
Schutz, Zugang & Sicherheit
|
01.12.2025
- 31.12.2026 |
CHF 200’000
|
- UNHCHR
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Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD NOTHILFE
Sub-Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD Materielle Nothilfe und Leistungen
Querschnittsthemen Menschenrechte
Unterstützungsform Gemeinschafts-/Sammelfinanzierungen
Projektnummer 7F13000
| Hintergrund | In Gaza, over 70,100 people have been killed after two years of war and nearly 2 million people were displaced. Despite the 10 October 2025 ceasefire, humanitarian needs remain huge. The volatile security situation, congested living environments, which expose individuals to heightened violence, family separation, contamination from unexploded ordnance in addition to insufficient access to basic services, food or water increase protection risks, particular for children, women, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. In the West Bank, a continuous increase in settler attacks, Israeli military operations and intra-Palestinian armed violence have caused numerous fatalities, including children, displacement and land appropriation which require protection interventions and humanitarian assistance. In response, OHCHR as the lead agency of the humanitarian protection cluster, coordinates the protection response in Gaza and the West Bank, has scaled-up the emergency protection responders model, the community self-protection activities and protection monitoring at the benefit of those conflict affected people most at risk of exclusion and violence. |
| Ziele | Strengthen coordinated, risk-informed protection efforts and expand operational capacities to support the safety and well-being of conflictaffected communities. |
| Zielgruppen | Conflict affected people most at risk of violence and exclusion from humanitarian access, including women, children, people with disabilities. |
| Mittelfristige Wirkungen | OHCHR and protection partners strengthen the protection response for humanitarian crises affected populations |
| Resultate |
Erwartete Resultate: Output 1.1. Protection partners have increased capacities to ensure protection, including disability inclusion, in humanitarian response. Output 1.2. HCT, Member States, international and regional actors have access to accurate and timely information to ensure centrality of protection and guide overall humanitarian response. Resultate von früheren Phasen: N/A |
| Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt |
DEZA |
| Projektpartner |
Vertragspartner Organisation der Vereinten Nationen (UNO) |
| Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren | UNICEF, WFP, WHO, Terre des Hommes (TdH), HEKS Swiss Interchurch Aid, Norwegian Refugee Council. |
| Budget | Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF 200’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF 0 Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF 11’551’434 Projekttotal seit Anfangsphase Schweizer Beitrag CHF 0 Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF 200’000 |
| Projektphasen | Phase 1 01.12.2025 - 31.12.2026 (Laufende Phase) |
