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The Portuguese Red Cross is working to strengthen its capabilities in legal preparedness for disaster with trainings led by IFRC’s Disaster Law Focal Point for Europe Tommaso Natoli, based at the Italian Red Cross.

As world leaders gather for COP 28, IFRC Disaster Law is calling for governments to legally mandate and allocate roles and responsibilities for early warning early action (EWEA) to help keep communities safe and save lives

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in collaboration with the Institute of Law, Emergencies and Disasters (LEAD), Sphere India, the NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group (NDRG) and the Institute of Social Sciences are hosting a conference addressing the urgent need for better coordination and cooperation in disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness and response.

Re-engineering the Caribbean regulatory framework for international disaster relief and humanitarian assistance in the context of comprehensive disaster management- a call to action!

Practitioners and academics from across the humanitarian and legal sectors came together for a course on law for the prevention and management of disasters as the world experiences more frequent and intense disasters.

With the frequency and severity of natural disasters on the rise, Fiji is taking proactive steps to ensure its National Humanitarian Policy is inclusive and effective.

IFRC has consolidated its 20 years of research and recommendations on disaster law in a new guidance document, the Guidelines on Disaster Risk Governance. A pilot version of the Guidelines has been released for consultation.

A new report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has found that disaster recovery is often overlooked in domestic disaster laws, policies and plans.