Tonga, like many Pacific nations, is often in the path of devastating cyclones and regularly affected by disasters. Tonga Red Cross Society, alongside IFRC Disaster Law, supports the government with the drafting of disaster laws and has published research analysing the country’s legal and policy framework regulating international assistance in the event of disasters.
Tonga was also one of 16 countries included in a study of legal preparedness for regional and international disaster assistance in the Pacific. 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.
