2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)

The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) have become one of the key resources for humanitarian workers since its launch in 2012. 

The CPMS have been developed to support child protection work in humanitarian settings by:

• Establishing common principles between those working in child protection;
• Strengthening coordination between humanitarian actors;
• Improving the quality of child protection programming and its impact on children;
• Improving the accountability of child protection programming;
• Defining the professional field of child protection in humanitarian action;
• Providing a synthesis of good practice and learning to date; and
• Strengthening advocacy and communication on child protection risks, needs and responses.

Years of implementing the CPMS in diverse settings revealed the need for a more user-friendly version of the Standards that would reflect recent sector learning and evidence; improve guidance on prevention, gender and age inclusion, and other cross-cutting themes; and promote applicability to a broader range of humanitarian contexts. This revision benefitted from the input of over 1,900 individuals in 85 countries. 

Here you can find:

• Downloadable PDF of the 2019 Edition of the CPMS
• Online version of the 2019 Edition of the CPMS
• The Full Acknowledgements: CPMS 2019 that thanks those who were not named in the PDF version
• A complete Table of Indicators: CPMS 2019 that expands upon the primary indicators presented in the PDF version
• An extended Glossary: CPMS 2019 of key terms
• Further Resources: CPMS 2019 to deepen your understanding of standard-specific topics

The 2019 edition of the CPMS (along with other standards) is available on the Humanitarian Standards Partnership app.

Buy print copies of the 2019 CPMS handbook -- Arabic, English, French and Spanish 

To support your use of the 2019 Edition of the CPMS, the Alliance has also developed the following:

• Summary of the 2019 Edition of the CPMS
• Introducing the 2019 Edition of the CPMS (video)
• What's New in the 2019 Edition? (2 pager)
• What's New in the 2019 Edition? (Powerpoint)
• CPMS Implementation Toolkit

*The 2019 CPMS is also available in additional languages. Please note, these translations were conducted by an inter-agency group at country-level.