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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
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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.
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The role of law in public health emergency management
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Enhancing preparedness for Public Health Emergencies (PHEs) in Africa: Reflections on the critical role of law in the management of PHEs
Africa
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IFRC Disaster Law is orgnising two workshops on legislative advocacy and climate resilience in Island States in the Seychelles
29 August - 2 September, 2022|Event
Workshops on Disaster Law in Island States
Seychelles
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Planned relocation
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Asia Pacific guide on Planned Relocation
Global
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Aux role
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IFRC Disaster Law 2021 Annual Report
Global
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South Africa, 2022. South African Red Cross responds to the devastating floods of April 2022.
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Legal preparedness for disasters: Lessons learned from the South African floods of April 2022
South Africa
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World Disaster Law
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IFRC launches World Disaster Laws
Global
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The national documents category is now live on the IFRC Disaster Law Database
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National documents now live on IFRC Disaster Law Database
Global
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NBS
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How law and policy can support nature-based solutions
Global
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Aux role
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Strengthening the auxiliary role of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies in law
Global
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IDEAL online seminar - Domestic approaches to COVID-19
1 June, 2022|Event
IDEAL online seminar
Singapore
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GPDRR web story
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Strengthening disaster and climate risk governance - a GPDRR priority
Global
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Being Better Prepared
27 May, 2022|Event
Being Better Prepared: Pandemics and Disaster Risk Reduction
Asia Pacific
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Finau Heuifanga Leveni
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Meet the team: Finau Heuifanga Leveni
Asia Pacific
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South Sudan Red Cross
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Africa update: Significant disaster law & policy development underway in 2022
Africa
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IDEAL Seminar
28 April, 2022|Event
Climate-induced displacement in the Sahel: A question of classification
Global
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This report looks at the intersection of public health emergencies and disaster risk management systems in the Pacific, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New report: Law, Disasters and Public Health Emergencies in the Pacific
Fiji
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