Building Safer Organisations Guidelines - Receiving and Investigating Allegations of Abuse and Exploitation by Humanitarian Workers

These Guidelines are designed to assist our colleagues in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who conduct and manage investigations into sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of people of concern by humanitarian staff.

These Guidelines have been written for use in a wide variety of NGOs, regardless of size, nationality, and
area of expertise. However, to get full value out of these Guidelines, readers will need some experience with SEA investigations and a familiarity with the key international standards on protecting people of concern from SEA as well as their organisations' policies on protection, SEA and misconduct.