Development of Malawi’s Disaster Risk Management Act 2023

In 2014, Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) and the Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) conducted research on the country’s legal preparedness for international disaster assistance. This research project culminated in a report entitled International Disaster Response Law (IDRL) in Malawi: A Study on Legal Preparedness for Regulatory Issues in International Disaster Response (the IDRL Report), which was published in 2015. The report identified several aspects of Malawi’s existing legal framework that needed to be strengthened to enable international disaster assistance.