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Disaster law Disaster law
Potential regulatory lessons for BWC cooperation from the
field of disaster response
David Fisher, Coordinator IFRC Disaster Law Programme
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Contents
Problem areas in
past disasters
Progress thus far
The International
Conference
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Disaster law Anecdotes
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Disaster law The lack of legal preparedness for international assistance results in. . .
Barriers initiation, visas, customs, taxes, specialized
equipment, professional qualifications, registration, transport, liability
Oversight gaps inappropriate items, disregard for standards, poor
coordination
Bottom line aid is slower, more expensive, less effective; states
do not feel that they are in the driver’s seat
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Disaster law Some particular regulatory issues of
potential relevance
Management of offers
Prescriptive importation lists
Medical personnel
Medications and medical
equipment
Laboratory samples
“Dual use” equipment (e.g.
protective masks)
Other relief aid
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Disaster law Regulatory issues in the Ebola response
Repatriation and return of aid workers Some states were not prepared
to handle the return of relief personnel
Border closures Despite provisions of the
International Health Regulations and resolutions of the Security Council and AU Executive Council
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Progress thus far
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Disaster law Tools for strengthening domestic
regulation
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Disaster law Approach of the IDRL Guidelines
Consolidated set of legal facilities Experience shows that it works better to
set out a full set of legal facilities (e.g. visas, customs, registration, transport, etc)
Clear expectations of responders Expectations as to coordination, quality
and transparency
Developed in advance of the incident
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Disaster law Projects and legislation
46 projects led by
National Societies
21 countries with new
laws or procedures
16 countries with bills
pending drawing on the
IDRL Guidelines
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Disaster law Remaining gaps at country level
The vast majority of countries still
lack clear and comprehensive
procedures
Very hard to move from interest to
adoption
Tendency to postpone details to
later instruments
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The International
Conference
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Disaster law The International Conference
and disaster law
2003: Request to IFRC to study IDRL
2007: Adoption of IDRL Guidelines
2011: Reiterates “urgency” of IDRL;
request to IFRC and NSs to support
states on a broader range of disaster law
issues
2015: Accelerating progress on IDRL
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Disaster law The bottom line
• Common regulatory
problems frequent snarl
relief operations
• Most could be avoided with
advance preparation at the
domestic level
• There is a tendency to re-
create the wheel
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