This Protection Assessment Template is a structured, interview-based tool for conducting a rapid emergency protection assessment in a camp or host-community setting. It guides field teams to document visit details and location information, then systematically capture people’s priority concerns, safety and security conditions, and patterns of civil and political rights threats (including where incidents occur, who is responsible, who is most at risk, and how people report incidents). It also includes focused prompts to identify protection risks affecting marginalized groups (such as separated/unaccompanied children, women and GBV-related concerns, older persons, and persons with disabilities or illness), and explores practical barriers linked to registration, distribution, and access to basic services—helping teams translate qualitative findings into clear protection risks, gaps, and response priorities.

Number of pages: 8
Document language: English

Table of Content

1. Cover / Interview Details (date, interviewer, location, district, setting, GIS coordinates)

2. General Overview of People’s Concerns (priority needs and key worries)

3. Security Overview and Civil & Political Rights Threats/Violations

   • Perceived safety level and reasons

   • Reporting pathways (formal/informal)

   • Common threats/violations (e.g., violence, abduction, arrest/detention, forced recruitment, extortion, landmines)

4. Profile of the Displaced Population
   4.1 Marginalised Groups

   • Children (including separation/unaccompanied; child-headed households)

   • Certain categories of women (including GBV-related prompts where appropriate)

   • The elderly

   • Persons with disabilities and the sick
     4.2 Social, Geographic and Political Issues Relating to the Displaced and Host Community
     4.3 Internal Organization of the Displaced

5. Registration and Distribution Structures/Concerns

   • Registration status, process, and barriers

   • Distribution access and related problems

6. Other Issues Related to Humanitarian Assistance

   • Access to water

   • Access to health services

   • Access to education