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The International and Comparative Disaster Law Essay Contest aims to stimulate creative thinking and analysis about disaster law amongst graduate and undergraduate students around the world.

The IFRC's Disaster Law Programme wishes to congratulate Giovanni Sciaccaluga for winning the 2015 international and comparative disaster law essay contest. This essay contest aims to stimulate creative thinking and analysis about disaster law in a comparative and/or international perspective.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the American Society of International Law Disaster Law Interest Group (ASIL DLIG), the Jean Monnet Module on “International and EU Law” at Roma Tre University and the International Disaster Law Project (IDL) of the Universities of Bologna, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Roma Tre and Uninettuno are extremely pleased to announce the winner of the Second Annual International and Comparative Disaster Law Essay Contest!

Disaster risk management (DRM) and governance in Nepal is in good hands – the hands of the communities and their local authorities who are most affected by disasters and climate change.