Elizabeth G. Ferris is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where she is codirector of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement. Prior to joining Brookings she spent twenty years in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently with the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

" The Politics of Protection is a brilliant book, full of insights on one of the mostcomplex tasks facing humanitarian organizations: how to protect civilians who findthemselves caught in the midst of violence. Through her personal field experience,and thanks to a meticulous review of existing literature, Elizabeth Ferris capturesthe essence of, and the dilemmas surrounding, the notion of protection in situationsof crisis and conflict. She details the efforts of humanitarian organizations toconfront both new and old challenges, while simultaneously striving to enhancethe protection of civilians affected by conflict and violence." —Pierre Gentile, Head of Unit, Protection of Civilian Population, International Committee of the Red Cross|"Protection, the author says, is the essence of the humanitarian enterprise. Weavingmasterfully into a compelling narrative the germane aspects of three major bodiesof international law, copious and disparate initiatives of the United Nations, andthe challenges confronting the humanitarians who would do protection today, shehas done us all a profound service." —António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees|"USAID welcomes this book as an excellent overview of humanitarian actors'engagement in protection, as well as the challenges and limits of our work. USAIDis committed to promoting the protection of people affected by disasters andconflicts, and this book serves as a reminder of why this work is important, why itis difficult, and why we must continually strive to do it better." —Nancy Lindborg, USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance

Elizabeth G. Ferris is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where she is codirector of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement. Prior to joining Brookings she spent twenty years in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently with the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

" The Politics of Protection is a brilliant book, full of insights on one of the mostcomplex tasks facing humanitarian organizations: how to protect civilians who findthemselves caught in the midst of violence. Through her personal field experience,and thanks to a meticulous review of existing literature, Elizabeth Ferris capturesthe essence of, and the dilemmas surrounding, the notion of protection in situationsof crisis and conflict. She details the efforts of humanitarian organizations toconfront both new and old challenges, while simultaneously striving to enhancethe protection of civilians affected by conflict and violence." —Pierre Gentile, Head of Unit, Protection of Civilian Population, International Committee of the Red Cross|"Protection, the author says, is the essence of the humanitarian enterprise. Weavingmasterfully into a compelling narrative the germane aspects of three major bodiesof international law, copious and disparate initiatives of the United Nations, andthe challenges confronting the humanitarians who would do protection today, shehas done us all a profound service." —António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees|"USAID welcomes this book as an excellent overview of humanitarian actors'engagement in protection, as well as the challenges and limits of our work. USAIDis committed to promoting the protection of people affected by disasters andconflicts, and this book serves as a reminder of why this work is important, why itis difficult, and why we must continually strive to do it better." —Nancy Lindborg, USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance

Elizabeth G. Ferris is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where she is codirector of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement. Prior to joining Brookings she spent twenty years in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently with the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

" The Politics of Protection is a brilliant book, full of insights on one of the mostcomplex tasks facing humanitarian organizations: how to protect civilians who findthemselves caught in the midst of violence. Through her personal field experience,and thanks to a meticulous review of existing literature, Elizabeth Ferris capturesthe essence of, and the dilemmas surrounding, the notion of protection in situationsof crisis and conflict. She details the efforts of humanitarian organizations toconfront both new and old challenges, while simultaneously striving to enhancethe protection of civilians affected by conflict and violence." —Pierre Gentile, Head of Unit, Protection of Civilian Population, International Committee of the Red Cross|"Protection, the author says, is the essence of the humanitarian enterprise. Weavingmasterfully into a compelling narrative the germane aspects of three major bodiesof international law, copious and disparate initiatives of the United Nations, andthe challenges confronting the humanitarians who would do protection today, shehas done us all a profound service." —António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees|"USAID welcomes this book as an excellent overview of humanitarian actors'engagement in protection, as well as the challenges and limits of our work. USAIDis committed to promoting the protection of people affected by disasters andconflicts, and this book serves as a reminder of why this work is important, why itis difficult, and why we must continually strive to do it better." —Nancy Lindborg, USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance