Protection Incidents in Chad's Lake Province, 2020

UNHCR, as lead of the Protection Cluster, collected data on protection incidents in the Lake Province of Chad from January to December 2020. The data, gathered in partnership with the Chadian Red Cross, COOPI, and OXFAM, includes incidents such as theft, physical assault, kidnapping, homicide, and property destruction. Information was collected through key informants and field visits.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in protection incidents such as theft and assault over the 2020 period.
• Map the frequency of specific incident types like kidnapping and homicide.
• Assess the spatial and temporal distribution of property destruction and extortion events.

Strengths

• Data collected by a major UN agency (UNHCR) in partnership with established NGOs.
• Covers a full calendar year (January to December 2020) for temporal analysis.
• Focuses on a specific geographic area (Lake Province, Chad).

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 and temporal bias inherent to the collection method and region.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Data collected through key informants and/or during field visits.

Time Range

January to December 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:26:54.430511; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lake Province, Chad