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

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The Yearbook of International Disaster Law has issued a call for submissions for its forthcoming eighth volume (2025). The General Section of the Yearbook provides an opportunity to interrogate a wide variety of aspects of the intersection of law and disasters, with a particular focus on issues relevant for international law. The Thematic Section will focus on “Vulnerabilities and Disasters.” The deadline for abstracts is March 6, 2026. The call is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 6, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: ‘Technology and Disasters’
• YIDL Dialogues with Practitioners #3: Dr. Animesh Kumar, Head of the Bonn, Germany Office of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), A Dialogue with Anastasia Telesetsky & Tommaso Natoli
• Andrea Gioia, Nuclear Liability Revisited
• Enikő Krajnyák, A Human Rights Approach to New Technologies for Climate Protection in Light of Intergenerational Equity
• Simon Whitbourn, Regulating the Decarbonisation of Shipping: Providing Legal Protection against the Risks Presented by Alternative Fuels
• Alessio Azzariti, Pandemic Risk in the Context of Biosafety, Biosecurity and International Law: Applying the No-Harm Principle to Laboratories
• Gabriele Redigonda, Space Technology and International Disaster Law: Enabling Effective and Agile Cooperation Based on State-of-the-Art Satellite Solutions
• Sima Moradinasab & S. Hadi Mahmoudi, Exploring the Institutional Development of Trans-governmental Space Networks in Disaster Management
• Rachele Cera, Space for Heritage: What (Legal) Framework for the Use of Space Remote Sensing for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Disasters?
• Temitope Lawal, Francina Cantatore & Melanie Jackson, The Role of Low Earth Orbit Satellites in Facilitating Internet Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific Region during Disaster Times
• Badar Shah, Zaynab Naji & Nathan Clark, Legal Implications of Data Harvesting from Social Media for Disaster Risk Management
• General Section
• Jane McAdam, Walter Kälin & Bruce Burson, Statehood and the Protection of Persons in the Context of Sea-Level Rise: the International Law Association’s Contribution
• Thomas Mulder, ‘In the Spirit of Solidarity’: an Analysis of Solidarity as a Principle of International Disaster Response Law
• Ibnu Sitompul & W. John Hopkins, The Limits of Regional Disaster Law: Transboundary Haze Pollution and the ASEAN Way

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The Yearbook of International Disaster Law has issued a call for submissions for its forthcoming seventh volume (2024). The Yearbook welcomes abstracts related to both its thematic section on "Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces and Disasters" and its "General section" on any legal issue relevant to international disaster law, implications for international law arising from disaster scenarios, recent practice in this area (e.g. international documents; case-law) or national analysis related to disaster law. The deadline is February 15, 2025. The call is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 5, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: Human Rights and Disasters
• YIDL Dialogues with Practitioners #2: Dr Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - A Dialogue with Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Emanuele Sommario
• Siobhán Mullally & Keelin Barry, Trafficking in Persons in the Context of Climate-Related Disasters and Displacement: a Failure of Protection and Prevention 
• Susan Breau, Lessons from COVID-19 with Respect to the Positive Obligations of States to Protect Older Persons in the Event of Disasters 
• Christina Binder, Emergencies in the Inter-American Human Rights System: the Example of Ecuador in Times of COVID-19 
• Miriam Cullen, Benedicte Sofie Holm, & Céline Brassart-Olsen, A Human Rights-Based Approach to Disaster Risk Management in Greenland: Displacement, Relocation, and the Legacies of Colonialism 
• Federica Passarini, The Prevention of Disasters Related to Natural Hazards in the Practice of Human Rights Courts and Treaty Bodies: towards a DRR Approach 
• Holly A. Seglah & Kevin Blanchard, Sexual and Gender Minorities and the Right to Non-discrimination: a Shortfall of Disaster Risk Reduction? 
• Stellina Jolly & Chhaya Bhardwaj, Exploring the Role of the National Human Rights Commission in Climate-Induced Disaster Displacement in India: Lessons from Sri Lanka and the Philippines 
• Kumush Suyunova, Human Rights Restrictions Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uncertainties and Differences in the Practice of ECHR Parties 
• General Section
• Tuomas Palosaari, Legal Form and Competing Framings of Cross-Border Disaster Displacement in the Context of Climate Change 
• Natalia Cwicinskaja, The Impact of the COVID-19 on Contested Territorial Entities of Eastern Europe: between Isolation and Cooperation 
• Rebeca Isabel Muñoz Arosemena, International Disaster Law in Honduras: the Role of the Red Cross and IFRC in Integrating International Guidelines into the Domestic Legal System 

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The Yearbook of International Disaster Law has issued a call for submissions for its forthcoming sixth volume. The Yearbook welcomes abstracts related to both its thematic section on "Technology and disasters" and its "General section" on any implications for international law arising from disaster scenarios. The deadline is November 30, 2023. The call is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 4, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: Regionalisation and Localisation of International Disaster Law
• YIDL Dialogues with Practitioners - Ms Adelina Kamal – Former Executive Director of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) - A Dialogue with Tommaso Natoli and Dug Cubie
• Christy Shucksmith-Wesley & Nigel D. White, Regionalism and Disaster Law 
• Stefan Kirchner & Federica Cristani, International Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Law Made in the Arctic 
• Federico Casolari, The EU Approach towards Disaster Management: A Critical Appraisal in the Light of the Action Put in Place to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic 
• Susanna Villani, Perspectives of Solidarity within the EU Legal Order in the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic 
• Jeanique Andrea De Sousa Serradinho, Stella Njeri Ngugi & Reece Da Costa, Legal Preparedness for International Disaster Assistance in the SADC Region: An Analysis of the Incorporation of International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles (IDRL) in Domestic Disaster Risk Management Legal and Policy Frameworks
• Priyanka Vaidyanath & Chhaya Bhardwaj, SAARC Regional Disaster Law Need for Progressive Development 
• W. John Hopkins, Tommaso Natoli & Leanne Avila, ‘As the Island Choirs Gather’: Tracing a Regional Approach to Disaster and Climate Resilience in Pacific Island Countries 
• Luke Potter, The Relevance of International Disaster Law Frameworks to a Pacific Island State: Insights on Localized DDR Governance from Palau 
• Riccardo Luporini, Strategic Litigation at the Domestic and International Levels as a Tool to Advance Climate Change Adaptation? Challenges and Prospects 
• Karen C. Sokol, Forging Global Rule of Law through Climate Litigation against the United States and the Fossil Fuel Industry
• General Section
• Bruce Burson, Walter Kälin & Jane McAdam, Statehood, Human Rights and Sea-Level Rise: A Response to the International Law Commission’s Second Issues Paper on Sea-Level Rise in Relation to International Law 
• Malgosia Fitzmaurice & Agnes Viktoria Rydberg, Using International Law to Address the Effects of Climate Change: A Matter for the International Court of Justice? 
• José E. Alvarez, The WHO’s Mixed Human Rights Messages 
• Ginevra Le Moli, One Health and the Prevention of Pathogens’ Spillover 
• Adam Strobeyko & Gian Luca Burci, Towards Integrated Early Warning Systems: Review of Disaster Risk Reduction and One Health Approaches in Light of Pandemic Treaty Negotiations 
• Rosemary Lyster, The Glasgow Climate Pact: Is It All Just ‘Blah, Blah, Blah?’ 
• Annalisa Savaresi, UN Human Rights Bodies and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change: All Hands on Deck 
• Michał Balcerzak, The Racial Dimension of Disasters through the Prism of International Law 
• Kris Gledhill & Natalie Baird, Ensuring a Disability Perspective in Disaster Law The Contribution of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

A call for submissions has been issued for volume five of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The theme is: “Human Rights and Disasters.” The call is here. The deadline for abstracts is November 30, 2022.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 3, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: Health and International Disaster Law
• Benjamin Mason Meier, Judith Bueno de Mesquita, & Caitlin R. Williams, Global Obligations to Ensure the Right to Health: Strengthening Global Health Governance to Realise Human Rights in Global Health
• Lorna McGregor, Regulating Digital and AI Technologies: Lessons from the Digitisation of Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Mutoy Mubiala, Africa and Pandemics: Towards a Regional Health Security Regime
• Thomas Mulder, Gabrielle Simm, & Sarah Williams, Regime Interaction and the Protection of Refugees during COVID-19
• Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton, Realising the Right to Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Antidote to the Pandemic and the Catalyst for Fulfilling a Long-Neglected Social Right?
• Pedro A. Villarreal , Pandemic Risk and International Law: Laying the Foundations for Proactive State Obligations
• Alicia Ely Yamin, Stefania Negri, & Roojin Habibi, On Sea Monsters and Sandcastles, Revisiting International Legal Frameworks regarding Public Health and Human Rights in Global Health Emergencies
• General Section
• Patrícia Galvão Teles, Claire Duval, & Victor Tozetto da Veiga, International Cooperation and the Protection of Persons Affected by Sea-Level Rise: Drawing the Contours of the Duties of Non-affected States
• Margaretha Wewerinke & Melina Antoniadis, Vessel for Drowning Persons? The Standard-Setting Potential of International Human Rights Litigation in Addressing Climate Displacement
• Claire La Hovary, The International Labour Organisation and Disasters: The Contribution of ILO Recommendation No. 205 on ‘Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience’ to International Disaster Law
• Mara Tignino, Technological Hazards during Armed Conflicts: The Case of the SAFER Oil Tanker in Yemen
• Silvia Venier, Rising from the Ashes, Once Again? The Beirut Port Explosion and International Disaster Law
• Giovanna Maria Frisso, Vulnerability, Arctic Indigenous Groups and Oil Spills: Potential Contributions to the Work of the Arctic Council
• Rhys Carvosso, The Role of Disasters in Investment Arbitration

Expert Meeting: Is International Disaster Law Protecting Us?

On October 4-5, 2021, the Yearbook of International Disaster Law, in cooperation with the ASIL Disaster Law Interest Group and the Jean Monnet Project DILAW4E, will hold an expert meeting, in a hybrid manner, on "Is International Disaster Law Protecting Us?" The program and link to participate are here. Panels will address potential reforms of the international health law system, UN CCC CoP 26, sea-level rise and climate change law, and emerging/neglected questions of international disaster law.

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

A call for submissions has been issued for volume four of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The theme is: “Regionalization and Localization of International Disaster Law.” The call is here. The deadline for abstracts is November 14, 2021.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: ‘Disasters and …: Exploring New Areas of Research’
• Giovanna Adinolfi, Strengthening Resilience to Disasters through International Trade Law: the Role of WTO Agreements on Trade in Goods
• Giulio Bartolini, Global Animal Law and Disasters
• Upendra Baxi, Disasters, Catastrophes and Oblivion: a TWAIL Perspective
• Daniel A. Farber, The Intersection of International Disaster Law and Climate Change Law
• Harald Koch, Disasters and Private International Law: Reasserting Legal Governance beyond the Nation State
• Gabrielle Simm, Disasters and Gender: Sexing International Disaster Law
• Jonathan Todres, Children and Disasters: the Essential Role of Children’s Rights Law
• Simon Whitbourn, ‘I Must Go Down to the Seas Again’: the Evolution of International Maritime Disaster Law and Its Lessons for the Development of a General Disaster Law Framework
• Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani, Protecting World Cultural and Natural Heritage against Climate Change and Disasters: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention System
• General Section
• Gian Luca Burci & Mark Eccleston-Turner, Preparing for the Next Pandemic: the International Health Regulations and World Health Organization during COVID-19
• Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Was the Global Pact for the Environment a Good Idea?
• Natalie Baird, Disasters, Human Rights and Vulnerability: Reflections from the Experiences of Older Persons in Post-Quake Canterbury
• Miki Ishimori, Rights-based Approach to Nuclear Damage Compensation: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Revisited

Webinar: 2020 A Year of Disasters in Review: Legal Assessments under International Disaster Law

On February 25, 2021, the Yearbook of International Disaster Law, in cooperation with the American Society of International Law Disaster Law Interest Group, will host a webinar on "2020 A Year of Disasters in Review: Legal Assessments under International Disaster Law." Details and registration are here.

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

A call for submissions has been issued for volume three of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The call is here. The deadline is October 31, 2020.

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)

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

A call for submissions has been issued for volume two of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The call is here. The deadline is October 31, 2019.

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

A call for submissions has been issued for the inaugural volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. Here's the call:

The Yearbook of International Disaster Law (YIDL) aims to foster the interest of academics and practitioners on legal and institutional issues relevant to all forms of natural, technological and human-made disasters, including rapid and slow onset events, but excluding events such as armed conflicts or political/financial crises per se. The YIDL is a double-blind peer review journal published by Brill/Nijhoff.

For its inaugural issue (vol. 1, 2018) the YIDL welcome submissions of abstracts for papers addressing topics pertaining to any issue of international disaster law. Abstracts shall be sent by 15th November 2018 at the e-mail address: info@yearbookidl.org The YIDL also welcomes suggestions for book reviews.

Abstracts should be between 700-1,000 words, including relevant citations. Authors are also kindly requested to attach a short curriculum vitae to their e-mail. Further details available in the attached call.