The aim of the IDRL country and regional legal research is to collect and examine the various international legal and non-legal instruments that regulate disaster response activities.

• Background study to the Pan-African Forum on IDRL - April 2007 (951 Kb, 37 pages)
• EU legal study - Full report, 2005 (162 Kb, 24 pages) - Executive summary (38 Kb, 4 pages)
• IDRL Asia-Pacific case study: Indonesia - Laws, policies, planning and practices on International Disaster Response, July 2005. (142 Kb, 36 pages)
• IDRL Asia-Pacific case study: Fiji - Laws, policies, planning and practices on International Disaster Response, July 2005. (162 Kb, 41 pages)
• IDRL Asia-Pacific case study: Nepal - Laws, policies, planning and practices on International Disaster Response, July 2005. (169 Kb, 37 pages)
• International legal framework relevant to disaster preparedness and disaster response applicable to Belgium, 2004 (20 Kb, 1 page)
• Balkan National Societies meeting on IDRL: Recommended rules and practices on implementation of International Disaster Response Laws, rules and principles in the Balkans, Belgrade 24-26 September 2004 (82 Kb, 10 pages)
• Report - International legal mechanisms regulating disaster response in countries of the Mediterranean region, July 2003 (295 Kb, 26 pages)
• Report: International legal mechanisms regulating disaster response in Poland, April 2003 (105 Kb, 6 pages)
• Disaster Response in Germany – Regulations concerning relief actions, March 2003 (21 Kb, 1 page)
• Report: Preliminary overview and analysis of existing treaty law, January 2003 (131 Kb, 9 pages)
• Report: IDRL in the southern African region, January 2003 (224 Kb, 20 pages)