Disaster law in Africa

Latest News and Publications:

News

• Accra tragedy shows that building code enforcement is critical to DRR (December 2012)
• The right time to prepare for disasters South Sudan (December 2012)
• Kampala Convention on IDPs enters into force, sets out the AU's first legally binding rules on disaster response (December 2012)
• Indian Ocean Commission holds first training workshop with the Red Cross on disaster law (December 2012)
• New Disaster Risk Management Act adopted in Namibia  (October 2012)
• ECOWAS announces plans for humanitarian policy at disaster law workshop in Senegal  (October 2012)
• SADC members convene to enhance legal preparedness in the region  (October 2012)
• New study examines Mozambique’s legal preparedness for international disaster cooperation (August 2012)
• Windhoek workshop explores Namibia`s legal preparedness for disasters (September 2011)
• New report on disaster law in Africa (September 2011)
• South Africa reviews its flagship disaster management law (September 2011)
• AU set to incorporate IDRL in new humanitarian policy framework (June 2011)
• IFRC and ECOWAS join forces to advocate for IDRL (March 2011)
• First Steps for Namibia IDRL Project (August 2010)
• IDRL Workshop in Kampala examines Uganda’s preparedness for international relief (August 2010) 

Publications:

• IDRL in Mozambique - full report in Portuguese or summary version in English (June 2012)
• IDRL in Sierra Leone – Legal preparedness study for strengthening the legal and policy framework for foreign disaster response (January 2012)  
• Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in South Africa (January 2012)
• Disasters in Africa: The case for legal preparedness (November 2011)
• International Disaster Response Law in Uganda: An analysis of Uganda's legal preparedness for regulatory issues in international disaster response (March 2011)

Country projects:

• Namibia
• Mozambique
• Uganda 

Selected regional instruments

• Treaty establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA Treaty)
• Treaty of the Southern African Development Community (SADC Treaty)
• Agreement establishing the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Agreement between the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and the World Meteorological Organization