Legal Preparedness for Regional and International Disaster and Pandemic Response in South Asia: Regional and Comparative Analysis
Client
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Duration
2021
Our project team
Victoria Bannon
Hannah Irving
Rosanna Drew
Type of work
Legal and regulatory frameworks
Research and analysis
Reports and editing
Key themes
Climate change
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Legislative frameworks
Early warning systems (EWS)
Public health emergencies
About this project
The IFRC commissioned this project as stage two of a broad study to analyse and strengthen international disaster risk law in South Asia. It worked to verify the national mapping that was undertaken in stage one, and to standardise the content and format across the countries. As well as edit and/or supplement national information as needed. The process included collation of key documents like laws, plans and policies, and relevant secondary materials.
Drawing on the country level mapping, this project developed a regional summary to provide a comparative analysis across the region, identify gaps, progress, recommendations and areas of good practice. It included development of web copy for the national and regional mapping that can be used to develop an online platform.
A comparative framework table was developed to illustrate points of conversion between the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Regional Arrangements for Disaster Management and relevant regional frameworks for pandemic/public health emergency response in South Asia against the IFRC International Disaster Risk Law Checklist/Guidelines.