The Caribbean region is highly vulnerable to disasters including hurricanes, tropical storms, and earthquakes. Enhanced capacity for disaster risk management continues to be essential to protecting the people who are the most vulnerable to disaster impacts across the region.
IFRC Disaster Law works across the Caribbean region with Red Cross National Societies, national governments and regional organisations. We have conducted research, training, activities and projects in The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
At the regional level, IFRC Disaster Law works with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States as part of the Ready Together project, to improve coordination among all actors involved in large-scale disaster response in the Caribbean.
In December 2023, the Disaster Law team in the Caribbean developed a virtual exhibition showcasing the role of laws and policies to empower communities to increase their resilience to respond and recover from disasters, and how it connects to the work of National Societies in the region. To view the exhibition, click here.
