Disaster Law Documents

  • 8 July 2021 IFRC Report Launch: Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Yearbook of International Disaster Law - inaugural volume

    Dear Members of the DLIG,

    I am happy to inform you that the inaugural volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law has officially been launched. The aim of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law is to foster the interest of academics and practitioners on legal and institutional issues relevant to all forms of natural, technological/human-made disasters, including rapid and slow onset events, but excluding armed conflicts or political/financial crises per se. As such, it is hoped that the Yearbook will serve as a home for scholarship in the burgeoning area of international disaster law. Members of the DLIG are strongly encouraged to consider submitting contributions to future volumes of the Yearbook. Please also feel free to spread the word about the Yearbook to your colleagues and students!

    The Yearbook is available in both print and online.

    Best regards,

    Arnold Pronto

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law

    The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and ‘human-made’ disasters are increasing. In response, the international community has shifted its primary focus away from disaster response to prevention and improved preparedness. The current globally agreed upon roadmap is the ambitious Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 2030, central to which is the better understanding of disaster risk management and mitigation. Sendai also urges innovative implementation, especially multi-sectoral and multi- hazard coherence. Yet the law sector itself remains relatively under-developed, including a paucity of supporting 'DRR law' scholarship and minimal cross-sectoral engagement. Commonly, this is attributable to limited understanding by other sectors about law's dynamic potential as a tool of disaster risk mitigation, despite the availability of many risk-related norms across a broad spectrum of legal regimes. This unique, timely Handbook brings together global and multi- sector perspectives on one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.

  • 2015-2016 DLIG Annual Report
  • IFRC Disaster Law Database

    The IFRC maintains a database of international and comparative law instruments available here: http://bit.ly/1px0KHg. Other databases and resources are listed here: http://bit.ly/1BDAcK0.

  • Global database of disaster law courses

    The IFRC maintains an online database (available at http://bit.ly/1m87Mq5) of courses on disaster law, including syllabi (when agreed with the provider). If you have a course that you would like to see listed, please write to disaster.law@ifrc.org.