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IFRC Disaster Law Annual Report 2025: Strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks for safer, more resilient communities at national, regional and global levels

13 July, 2026 |Global|News

The IFRC Disaster Law Annual Report 2025 captures a year of progress in strengthening the laws, policies, strategies and plans that help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters around the world.

746 results found

1 July, 2021 |News

IFRC Disaster Law launches new online multilingual trainings

Global

30 June, 2021 |News

Launch of the Disaster Law Database

Global

30 June, 2021|Event

Launch of the Disaster Law Database

Global

24 June, 2021 |News

Mauritius’ National Disaster Risk Management Act and the community

Mauritius

21 June, 2021 |News

Report launch: Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Global

Legal Preparedness for International Assistance in Southern Africa

9 June, 2021 |News

New report: Legal Preparedness in Southern Africa

Southern Africa

Red Cross youth at a meeting in Kiribati.

21 May, 2021 |News

Law and policy for displacement in the context of disasters and climate change

Asia Pacific

17 May, 2021 |News

Introducing 4 new online Disaster Law trainings

Global

12 May, 2021 |News

Law and public health emergencies research

Global

22 April, 2021 |News

New guide: Advocating to Strengthen Disaster Laws and Policies to Protect Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

Africa

14 April, 2021 |News

New research: Climate-resilient development in Dominica

Dominica

8 April, 2021 |News

A new milestone: The Uganda Red Cross Society Bill

Uganda

3 March, 2021 |News

Malawi Red Cross leads the way with disaster law

Malawi

21 February, 2021 |News

From tsunamis to pandemics: 15 years of disaster law in Asia

Asia Pacific

Comments invited on a new draft tool – Model Emergency Decree on IDRL

5 February, 2021 |Video

Climate Smart Disaster Law

Global

31 January, 2021 |News

Disaster Law: Ten years in the Pacific

Pacific