General site search
News
Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Sahel, Southern Africa, West Africa
Keeping communities informed before disasters hit can help prevent or reduce their potential impacts. Therefore, it is crucial that adequate early warning systems are integrated into disaster risk management (DRM) frameworks.
Event
Regional, Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa
On 6 August 2024 at 11h00-12h00 EAT IFRC Disaster Law will host a webinar on Disaster Law as an enabler for Early Warning Early Action (EWEA).
Video
Asia Pacific, East Asia, Pacific, South Asia, South East Asia
A panel of experts on disaster law came together to discuss the Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and the prospect of the first global treaty for disasters.
Event
Asia Pacific, East Asia, Pacific, South Asia, South East Asia
Did you know that discussions are underway on a global treaty to protect people in disasters?
Press release
Asia Pacific, East Asia, Pacific, South Asia, South East Asia
The role of domestic and international law in reducing disaster risk in Asia Pacific will be discussed at a conference at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha this week.
News
Americas
As part of its work to strengthen disaster law globally, IFRC Disaster Law has been working with National Societies to strengthen advocacy capacity through legislative advocacy workshops.
Event
Middle East and North Africa
The workshop will introduce IFRC Disaster Law to the Middle East and North Africa, its scope of work, objectives, tools, and the support it can offer the National Societies.
News
Africa, Southern Africa
Kingdom of Lesotho, 2024 IFRC, Lesotho Red Cross Society and the District Disaster Management Team of Mohale`s Hoek District holding a focus group discussion on 6th February 2024 as part of the DRM Ecosystem Assessment
News
Global
As IFRC marks 20 years of disaster law this year, we are witnessing a historic moment as states renew interest in international disaster law, and seriously consider and discuss the need for a global treaty on the protection of persons in the event of disaster.
Event
Caribbean
Official side-event for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Co-organizers: The Core Group of States for the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters (Colombia, Croatia, Italy, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Thailand) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Thursday, 30 May | 10:00am | Room 1
Co-organizers: The Core Group of States for the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters (Colombia, Croatia, Italy, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Thailand) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Thursday, 30 May | 10:00am | Room 1