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Recommendation 21
21
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 86
We recommend that the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is amended at...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is amended at the next opportunity to incorporate adequate measures to protect against sexual exploitation and abuse.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it will continue to advocate for the issue within the UN and highlights its existing work with UN mechanisms to prevent and tackle SEAH, but does not commit to amending the CHS itself.
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86
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
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.
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