Thursday, December 12, 2019

Inaugural Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The inaugural volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 1, 2018) is out. Contents include:
  • Giulio Bartolini, Charting an Emerging Subject: The Role of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law
  • Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, The Work of the International Law Commission on the ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’
  • Walter Kälin, Protection of Victims of Disasters: The “Vertical” Dimension of the Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
  • Marie Aronsson-Storrier, Beyond Early Warning Systems: Querying the Relationship between International Law and Disaster Risk (Reduction)
  • René Urueña & Maria Angelica Prada-Uribe, Disasters, Inter-State Legal Obligations, and the Risk Society: The Contribution of the ilc’s Draft Articles
  • David Fisher, A Glass Half Full: The International Law Commission’s Draft Articles and the Operational Challenges of International Disaster Response
  • Elena Evangelidis & Thérèse O’Donnell, NGOs and the International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters: A Relationship of Mutual or Grudging Respect?
  • Arnold N. Pronto, Codification and Progressive Development in Contemporary International Law-Making: Locating the Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
  • Jan McDonald & Anastasia Telesetsky, Disaster by Degrees: The Implications of the ipcc 1.5°C Report for Disaster Law
  • Silvia Venier, A Right to Information Relevant to Disaster Situations: Broadening the Concept beyond Early Warning and Addressing the Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies
  • Monika Mayrhofer, Gender (In)equality, Disaster and Human Rights – the cedaw Committee and General Recommendation No. 37
  • Iheanyi Samuel Nwankwo, Kai Wendt & Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici, Addressing Cultural Rights in Disaster Management: A Checklist for Disaster Managers
  • Luigimaria Riccardi, Disasters and Climate Change in the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions: The Role of EU’s Disaster Management Tools
  • International Disaster Law in Practice
    • Emanuele Sommario, United Nations Bodies (2018)
    • Marie Aronsson-Storrier, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2018)
    • Karen Da Costa, Global Non-State Actors (2018)
    • Nicholas Wasonga Orago, Africa and MENA Region (2018)
    • Emika Tokunaga, Asia (2018)
    • Federico Casolari, Europe (2018)
    • Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller, North America, Central America and Caribbean (2018)
    • W. John Hopkins, Pacific (2018)
    • Stefan Kirchner, Polar Regions (2018)
    • Marcos Nelio Mollar, South America (2018)
    • Rosemary Lyster, Climate Change Law (2018)
    • Marlies Hesselman, Human Rights Law (2018)
    • Dug Cubie, Humanitarian Assistance and International Law (2018)
    • Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani, International Cultural Heritage Law (2018)
    • Giovanna Adinolfi, International Economic Law (2018)
    • Marlies Hesselman, International Environmental Law (2018)
    • Stefania Negri, International Health Law (2018)
    • Anastasia Telesetsky, Law of the Sea (2018)
    • Matthew Scott, Migration/Refugee Law (2018)