Core Commitments for Children
UNICEF’s central policy to uphold the rights of children affected by humanitarian crisis
Highlights
The Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action – the CCCs – are UNICEF’s central policy to uphold the rights of children affected by humanitarian crisis. The CCCs promote predictable, effective and timely collective humanitarian action, and clearly outline the areas in which UNICEF can best contribute to results. Initially developed in 1998, and revised in 2010, the CCCs are currently undergoing another revision to better reflect and align with changes in the humanitarian landscape including, for example, the need to operate in ever-increasing complex and high threat environments, the need to engage with non-state actors for access to the most vulnerable children and the emergence of deadly disease outbreaks such as the Ebola Disease Virus.
