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Ms. Kirsten N. Bookmiller

Ms. Kirsten N. Bookmiller
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Millersville University

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Disaster Prevention and Relief
Introduction to International Disaster Law
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Disaster Prevention and Relief
Introduction to International Disaster Law

A. Legal Instruments

Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, Geneva, 22 August 1864.

Convention and Statute Establishing an International Relief Union, Geneva, 12 July 1927, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 135, p. 247.

Convention on International Civil Aviation, Chicago, 7 December 1944, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 15, p. 295.

Convention on facilitation of international maritime traffic, London, 9 Apil 1965, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 591, p. 265.

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, Vienna, 26 September 1986, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1457, p. 133.

International Convention on oil pollution preparedness, response and cooperation, London, 30 November 1990, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1891, p. 51.

Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, Tampere, 18 June 1998, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2296, p. 5.

Protocol of Amendment to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, Brussels, 26 June 1999.

Protocol on preparedness, response and co-operation, to pollution incidents by hazardous and noxious substances, London, 15 March 2000.

Framework Convention on civil defence assistance, Geneva, 22 May 2000, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2172, p. 213.

ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response, Vientiane, 26 July 2007.

Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda, 2 July 2008.

SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters, Malé, 26 May 2011.

B. Documents
General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 (Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations).

World Health Organization, International Health Regulations, Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly, 23 May 2005.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance, 30IC/07/R4 annex, November 2007.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction 2015-2030, Japan, 18 March 2015.

International Law Commission, Draft articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2016, vol. II, Part Two.

General Assembly Resolution 76/119 of 9 December 2021 (Protection of persons in the event of disasters).

General Assembly Resolution 79/128 of 4 December 2024 (Protection of persons in the event of disasters).