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International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles programme (IDRL)
IDRL around the world: Americas
News
The Colombia Red Cross leads change in DM law
(July 2008)
CAPRADE and MERCOSUR reach out to the Red Cross
(April 2008)
Floods in Bolivia
(March 2008)
Meetings
Americas Forum on International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles
(Panama, April 2007)
Case studies and reports
Bolivia:
Legal issues in the international response to the 2007 floods in Bolivia
(March 2008)
Guatemala:
Legal issues in the international response to tropical storm Stan in Guatemala
(April 2007)
Americas: Organization of American States (OAS) -
Law of disasters: towards a normative framework in the Americas
Jamaica: Candice Rochester, Jamaican Attorney General's Chambers:
Legal challenges to international response to natural disasters in Jamaica: context of hurricanes Ivan (2004), Dennis and Emily
(2005)
Selected regional instruments
Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance
Constitution Agreement of the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC)
Creation of the Andean Comité for the Prevention and Response to Disasters (CAPRADE)
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
Agreement between member states and Associate Members of the Association of Caribbean States for Regional Cooperation on Natural Disasters
(not yet in force)
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Santiago de Chile Commitment
(2003)
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