Wednesday, August 19, 2026

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 7, 2024) is out. Contents include:
  • Thematic Section: ‘Armed Conflicts and Disasters’
    • Gloria Gaggioli, The Relationship between Disaster Law and International Humanitarian Law: Reflections on Draft Article 18(2) of the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
    • Liam Bagshaw, Analysing the Disaster Risk Reduction Obligations of Occupying Powers
    • Mina Radončić, The Underdogs of Disaster Response? The Legal Framework Governing the Conduct of Organised Armed Groups in Disaster Settings
  • General Section
    • Gian Luca Burci & Claudia Nannini, Amending the International Health Regulations (2005): Technical Progress or Political Advancement?
    • Enrico Milano, A Model for Interaction between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly: The Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disaster
    • Anna Marie Brennan, Outer Space Law and Disaster Management on Future Extraterrestrial Human Settlements: Constructing an Interstellar Governance Framework
    • Claire Methven O’Brien & Agustín Miguel Lago-Montúfar, Post-Disaster Public Procurement: Achieving Resilience through Sustainability and Human Rights Due Diligence
    • Fia Hamid-Walker, Situating Historical Disaster Governance in Indonesia: Feminist TWAIL Critique of Colonial and International Legal Orders
    • Emika Tokunaga, The Protection of Persons and Assistance in the Event of Disasters: Japan’s Triple Disaster
    • Holly Faulkner, From Black Swans to Legal Black Elephants: Analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Disaster Preparedness Frameworks