This session will explore the impact of funding cuts and reforms on the ability of protection and humanitarian actors to effectively address protection risks. The session will reflect on the practical challenges and opportunities that hyper-prioritized responses pose for collective efforts to advance the centrality of protection.

The opening session will set the tone for collective reflection and action. The session will include an overview of the main outcomes of the Global Protection Update (GPU), highlighting global protection trends and the persistence and evolution of protection risks and threats across crises. The session will include a panel discussion focused on the challenges in upholding international humanitarian law and protecting civilians and opportunities for collective responsibility and action towards addressing protection risks and threats.