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Recommendation 13
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We welcome the Minister’s announcement of new support for victims and survivors and we ask...
Conclusion
We welcome the Minister’s announcement of new support for victims and survivors and we ask that he provides this Committee with an update on that programme of support once further details are available. We agree with the approach that the FCDO says it is taking to work with and strengthen in-country justice mechanisms. However, we believe it might be helpful for some victims and survivors to be able to contact UK systems directly. Embassy and High Commission staff already have experience of working with the local justice systems in the countries where they are based, through helping British nationals to navigate them. This experience could be used to help support victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse where the perpetrator was British or employed by a British aid organisation.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
In 2020 the FCDO funded the CHS Alliance to update the CHS Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) Index to ensure that it incorporated all the elements of sector-wide safeguarding standards, including the FCDO Enhanced Due Diligence requirements on SEAH. The index was publicly launched in October and provides clarity on PSEAH requirements that need to be in place for organisations measuring themselves against the Core Humanitarian Standard. The CHS as a standard will be formally updated in 2021, through a broad participatory sector-wide process.