Samoa Red Cross Society is an influential advisor to government on disaster law. IFRC Disaster Law and Samoa Red Cross Society have supported the Samoan Government to draft a National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP), which recognises the auxiliary role of Samoa Red Cross Society in an emergency, as well as addressing important protection and inclusion issues such as gender-based violence in disasters.
Samoa is one of 16 countries included in a study of legal preparedness for regional and international disaster assistance in the Pacific. IFRC Disaster Law has also conducted research on International Disaster Response Law in Samoa and on gender-based violence during disasters in Samoa. It was also one of the countries analysed in Law, Disasters and Public Health Emergencies in the Pacific looks at the intersection of public health emergencies and disaster risk management systems in the Pacific, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
