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Human Rights and Disasters
The Role of Positive Obligations in Enhancing Protection
9781802208221 Edward Elgar Publishing
Human Rights and Disasters provides a comprehensive analysis of the positive obligations of States under human rights law and their potential to improve protection against disasters. Silvia Venier examines the practice of international and regional human rights supervising authorities to identify emerging positive obligations and recommendations and explores how such duties interact with other applicable norms of international law in different disaster settings.
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Human Rights and Disasters provides a comprehensive analysis of the positive obligations of States under human rights law and their potential to improve protection against disasters. The book examines the practice of international and regional human rights supervising authorities to identify emerging positive obligations and recommendations and investigates how such duties interact with other applicable norms of international law in different disaster settings.
Exploring the relevance of duties to act for all phases of the emergency management cycle, the book analyses how these can be applied to specific types of disasters, focusing on extreme weather events, epidemic outbreaks, and nuclear accidents. Through in-depth analysis of various case studies, the book presents a compelling argument for the importance of a human rights-based approach to disaster management.
Contributing to different areas of research, including those related to the interplay of human rights and disasters, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars in the fields of disaster risk reduction, global public health, and public international law. It will also be beneficial to non-governmental organisations, policymakers, and practitioners working to improve the protection of vulnerable populations from the devastating impacts of disasters.
Exploring the relevance of duties to act for all phases of the emergency management cycle, the book analyses how these can be applied to specific types of disasters, focusing on extreme weather events, epidemic outbreaks, and nuclear accidents. Through in-depth analysis of various case studies, the book presents a compelling argument for the importance of a human rights-based approach to disaster management.
Contributing to different areas of research, including those related to the interplay of human rights and disasters, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars in the fields of disaster risk reduction, global public health, and public international law. It will also be beneficial to non-governmental organisations, policymakers, and practitioners working to improve the protection of vulnerable populations from the devastating impacts of disasters.
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‘This volume is the first comprehensive analysis on positive human rights obligations related to the protection of persons affected by disasters. Through an in-depth review of the growing practice by human rights bodies, Silvia Venier contributes in an original way to shaping the debate on the increasing relevance of human rights law in disaster management.’
– Giulio Bartolini, Roma Tre University, Italy
‘This well-researched book provides an excellent and original contribution to the academic debate on the increasing relevance of human rights law in disaster management, by taking protection against extreme weather events, epidemic outbreaks and nuclear accidents as case studies. Silvia Venier offers an engaging and thoughtful analysis of the many ways in which international human rights law frames the conduct of States (and of other relevant stakeholders) across the disaster cycle. This book will prove to be highly valuable for practitioners or academics interested in the legal aspects of disaster management, covering issues that will only increase in significance in the very near future.’
– Emanuele Sommario, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
– Giulio Bartolini, Roma Tre University, Italy
‘This well-researched book provides an excellent and original contribution to the academic debate on the increasing relevance of human rights law in disaster management, by taking protection against extreme weather events, epidemic outbreaks and nuclear accidents as case studies. Silvia Venier offers an engaging and thoughtful analysis of the many ways in which international human rights law frames the conduct of States (and of other relevant stakeholders) across the disaster cycle. This book will prove to be highly valuable for practitioners or academics interested in the legal aspects of disaster management, covering issues that will only increase in significance in the very near future.’
– Emanuele Sommario, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
Contents
Contents: 1. Introduction: International Human Rights Law and Disasters 2. An overview of the positive dimension of international human rights law as applicable to protection against disasters 3. Positive obligations identified within the United Nations Human Rights System 4. Positive obligations identified within regional human rights regimes 5. Applying positive obligations to specific disaster situations and exploring their interplay with other applicable norms of international law 6. Concluding remarks on protecting Human Rights against Disasters Bibliography Index
