Abstract

17 June 2016 1. Introduction 355 2. Purpose 356 3. Rationale 357 4. Balancing a protection tool and a last resort 357 5. Evidence-based decision making 357 6. Minimum standards 358 7. Key operational and protection considerations 360 8. Conclusion 363 Annex I: Checklist for planning and implementing humanitarian evacuations 364 Annex II: Visualization tools 370 Persons of concern1 to UNHCR often suffer disproportionally in contemporary conflicts.2 This suffering is due to the scope and brutality of the violence – which can be indiscriminate or, in many cases, deliberately target these populations. The targeting of civilians has led to both widespread and multiple displacements, as well as at the opposite end of the spectrum, severe restrictions on the freedom of movement of civilians as well as siege as a tactic of war. In such a context, humanitarian actors regularly confront dilemmas in determining how best to respond to the assistance and protection needs of populations at extreme risk, stranded in hard to reach areas, enclaves and besieged areas. A response to these dilemmas can be humanitarian evacuations, under certain circumstances.

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