ACAPS Protection Indicators Monitoring dataset tracks global protection events using sources like humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, and media. The dataset is continuously updated, with the last recorded update on 2026-05-14. It provides information on protection threats, vulnerabilities, and coping strategies to inform humanitarian decision-makers.
Use Cases
- Identify emerging protection threats based on reported events and violations.
- Analyze trends in violence, coercion, or deprivation impeding humanitarian access.
- Inform operational planning for humanitarian responders based on tracked protection indicators.
Strengths
- Data is collected and reviewed regularly, suggesting a structured update process.
- Sources include a variety of public information from operational and non-operational organizations.
- Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
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 various publicly available sources including humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, media, and social media platforms.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-14 09:44:52.912938; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Global