Afghanistan: Note for the Security Council Expert Group on the protection of civilians (discussion for the renewal of ISAF mandate)

This brief provides talking points and recommendations from the Afghanistan Protection Cluster Protection of Civilians Working Group regarding the security transition plan progresses in 2013.  It suggests measures to ensure that the ongoing implementation does not create or exacerbate protection of civilians concerns, risks and threats and, rather, ensures that relevant information, in particular information relating to human security and the impact of the transition on communities, continues to be shared in order to inform humanitarian and protection analysis and programming.