Disaster Law Database

23 results found
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Resolution-1-20-en.pdf
Inter-American Commission, Pandemic and Human Rights in the Americas, Resolution 1/2020
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Environment, Hazard, Biological hazards, Health, Migration/displacement/refugees, Protection/human rights law, Children and youth, Civil and political rights, Economic, social and cultural rights, Gender equality, Indigenous peoples, Older people, Other vulnerable groups (e.g. stateless, LGBT), People with disabilities, International disaster response
Download the document: Inter-American Commission, Pandemic and Human Rights in the Americas, Resolution 1/2020
Guiding-Note-on-Child-Protection-during-COVD-19_English-1.pdf
Guiding Note to Member States of the African Union, COVID-19 and its Implication on Children’s Rights and Welfare
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Hazard, Biological hazards, Health, Protection/human rights law, Children and youth, International disaster response
Download the document: Guiding Note to Member States of the African Union, COVID-19 and its Implication on Children’s Rights and Welfare
Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease pandemic
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Hazard, Biological hazards, Health, Protection/human rights law, Other vulnerable groups (e.g. stateless, LGBT), International disaster response, Medical assistance
Download the document: Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease pandemic
IACHR, Press Release N. 019/19, ‘Special Rapporteurship ESCER of the IACHR expresses deep concerns about human, environmental and labor tragedy in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais, Brazil), and calls for the integral reparations for victims’, 30 January 2019
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Environment, Hazard, Natural hazards, Health, Protection/human rights law, Recovery and reconstruction
Download the document: IACHR, Press Release N. 019/19, ‘Special Rapporteurship ESCER of the IACHR expresses deep concerns about human, environmental and labor tragedy in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais, Brazil), and calls for the integral reparations for victims’, 30 January 2019
CCPR_C_GC_36_8785_E.pdf
General comment No. 36 (2018) on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Environment, Hazard, Health, Preparedness, Protection/human rights law
Download the document: General comment No. 36 (2018) on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life
CEDAW, ‘General Recommendation No. 37 on Gender-Related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of Climate Change’, 7 February 2018, UN Doc CEDAW/C/GC/37
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Climate change, Prevention and mitigation, Environment, Hazard, Health, Protection/human rights law, Gender equality
Download the document: CEDAW, ‘General Recommendation No. 37 on Gender-Related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of Climate Change’, 7 February 2018, UN Doc CEDAW/C/GC/37
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), General comment No. 3 (2016), Article 6: Women and girls with disabilities, 2 September 2016, CRPD/C/GC/3
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Hazard, Health, Protection/human rights law, People with disabilities
Download the document: UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), General comment No. 3 (2016), Article 6: Women and girls with disabilities, 2 September 2016, CRPD/C/GC/3
G1347680.pdf
CRPD, Concluding observations on the initial report of Australia, 2013
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Prevention and mitigation, Hazard, Health, Protection/human rights law, People with disabilities, International disaster response
Download the document: CRPD, Concluding observations on the initial report of Australia, 2013
General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Hazard, Health, Protection/human rights law, Children and youth
Download the document: General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)
CEDAW, General recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of their human rights
Type of document: Documents of Treaty Bodies
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Keywords: Hazard, Natural hazards, Health, Protection/human rights law, Gender equality, Older people
Download the document: CEDAW, General recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of their human rights