Protection Incident Reports in Central African Republic, Q4 2022

October to December 2022 saw 2,296 alleged protection incidents perpetrated on individuals in five prefectures of the Central African Republic. UNHCR, as the lead of the protection cluster, collected this data continuously through its partner INTERSOS, leveraging a network of community relays and protection committees. The dataset covers the prefectures of Haute-Kotto, Kemo, Nana-Gribizi, Ouaka, and Ouham.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in protection incidents based on the reported date range.
• Map the geographic distribution of incidents based on the five specified prefectures.
• Assess the nature of reported protection violations based on incident descriptions.
• Evaluate humanitarian response needs based on victim and incident counts.

Strengths

• Contains 2,296 specific incident records for a defined three-month period.
• Data was collected continuously by a named implementing partner (INTERSOS) through a structured community network.
• Geographic coverage is explicitly defined as five prefectures in the Central African Republic.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but the specific variables and data structure are not described.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the collection method and region.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Continuously collected by UNHCR partner INTERSOS via community relays and protection committees.

Time Range

October to December 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 14:16:14.932564; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central African Republic, prefectures of Haute-Kotto, Kemo, Nana-Gribizi, Ouaka, Ouham