The Core Humanitarian Standard is available in two versions: as a separate booklet or as part of the Sphere Handbook. The Sphere Handbook is available in 18 languages and includes guidance notes. You can download the separate booklet below.
Language versions
The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is now available in more than 30 languages:
Full versions
- Download the CHS - Amharic
- Download the CHS - Arabic / Download the CHS in Arabic as a landscape spread
- Download the CHS - Bahasa Indonesia
- Download the CHS - Bangla
- Download the CHS - Cebuano language
- Download the CHS - Chinese
- Download the CHS - English / Download the CHS in English as a booklet
- Download the CHS - Filipino (Tagalog)
- Download the CHS - French / Download the CHS in French as a booklet
- Download the CHS - Haitian Creole
- Download the CHS - Hausa
- Download the CHS - Hungarian
- Download the CHS - Icelandic
- Download the CHS - Italian
- Download the CHS - Japanese
- Download the CHS - Khmer
- Download the CHS - Korean
- Download the CHS - Lao
- Download the CHS - Mongolian
- Download the CHS - Myanmar
- Download the CHS - Nepali
- Download the CHS - Oromiffa
- Download the CHS - Portuguese
- Download the CHS - Romanian
- Download the CHS - Slovak
- Download the CHS - Spanish
- Download the CHS - Somali
- Download the CHS - Swahili
- Download the CHS - Thai
- Download the CHS - Turkish
- Download the CHS - Ukrainian
- Download the CHS - Urdu
- Download the CHS - Vietnamese
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The CHS is also available in more than 25 plain language versions:
Plain language versions of the CHS commitments
- Arabic plain language version
- Bangla plain language version
- Chinese plain language version
- English plain language version
- French plain language version
- Hungarian plain language version
- Icelandic plain language version
- Indonesian plain language version
- Italian plain language version
- Myanmar plain language version
- Polish plain language version
- Portuguese plain language version
- Spanish plain language version
- Swahili plain language version
- Thai plain language version
- Turkish plain language version
- Ukrainian plain language version
- Vietnamese plain language version
- Mali local languages and dialects
Full versions
- Download the CHS - Amharic
- Download the CHS - Arabic / Download the CHS in Arabic as a landscape spread
- Download the CHS - Bahasa Indonesia
- Download the CHS - Bangla
- Download the CHS - Cebuano language
- Download the CHS - Chinese
- Download the CHS - English / Download the CHS in English as a booklet
- Download the CHS - Filipino (Tagalog)
- Download the CHS - French / Download the CHS in French as a booklet
- Download the CHS - Haitian Creole
- Download the CHS - Hausa
- Download the CHS - Hungarian
- Download the CHS - Icelandic
- Download the CHS - Italian
- Download the CHS - Japanese
- Download the CHS - Khmer
- Download the CHS - Korean
- Download the CHS - Lao
- Download the CHS - Mongolian
- Download the CHS - Myanmar
- Download the CHS - Nepali
- Download the CHS - Oromiffa
- Download the CHS - Portuguese
- Download the CHS - Romanian
- Download the CHS - Slovak
- Download the CHS - Spanish
- Download the CHS - Somali
- Download the CHS - Swahili
- Download the CHS - Thai
- Download the CHS - Turkish
- Download the CHS - Ukrainian
- Download the CHS - Urdu
- Download the CHS - Vietnamese
Organisations are encouraged to translate the CHS into other languages, to help disseminate the document more widely and support humanitarian and development actors around the world. Those wishing to do so should first contact info@corehumanitarianstandard.org for more information and approval from the CHS communications team.
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