Global data tracking protection events that impede humanitarian assistance and rights. The dataset is compiled by ACAPS from sources including UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and media, and is continuously updated. It monitors one-time events, policies, and recurrent violations affecting safety and dignity.
Use Cases
- Monitor global protection threats and vulnerabilities based on tracked protection indicators.
- Analyze trends in violence, coercion, or deliberate deprivation affecting humanitarian access.
- Inform risk assessments for service operations based on reported protection events.
- Identify coping strategies of affected populations based on the dataset's scope.
Strengths
- Data is collected and reviewed regularly, suggesting a process for quality control.
- The dataset is continuously updated, indicating ongoing maintenance.
- Sources include a variety of public information from operational and non-operational organizations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the collection methodology.
Provenance
- Source
- ACAPS
- Collection Method
- Collected from publicly available sources including local, regional, and international humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, media, and social media platforms.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-10 10:50:50.778144; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Global