IASC Operational Guidance on Data Responsibility in Humanitarian Action, 2021

Publication language
English
Pages
37
Date published
03 Feb 2021
Type
Guidance
Keywords
Data, Data approaches, humanitarian action
Countries
Global
Use in Humanitarian Programme Cycle
All phases of the HPC

Data responsibility in humanitarian action is the safe, ethical and effective management of personal and non-personal data for operational response. It is a critical issue for the humanitarian system to address and the stakes are high. Ensuring we ‘do no harm’ while maximizing the benefits of data requires collective action that extends across all levels of the humanitarian system. Humanitarians must be careful when handling data to avoid placing already vulnerable individuals and communities at further risk. This is especially important in contexts where the urgency of humanitarian needs drives pressure for fast, sometimes untested, data solutions, and the politicization of data can have more extreme consequences for people.