Protection clusters bring together protection partners who have the necessary expertise, resources, access, and capacity. They are integral to the cluster approach adopted by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) for non-refugee humanitarian crises.

UNHCR leads the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and co-leads the Global Cluster for Shelter and the Global Cluster for Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM). Its priorities are to ensure effective leadership, coordination, advocacy, and operational delivery at the country level, and to drive and influence the development of global policy on protection in humanitarian action, including the protection of IDPs in particular.

EWRA is an active member of the UNHCR protection cluster and learned from the experiences of other members.