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Developments at Regional and National
Levels
By: Isabelle Granger, IDRL Coordinator for the Americas,
International Disasters Response Laws, Rules and Principles Programme
isabelle.granger@ifrc.org
Washington DC, 09 December 2010
Need to act: regional signals• Resolution of the OAS General Assembly
(July 2009) “process of joint assessment of existing legislative
and coordination mechanisms”
• Declaration of Florianopolis (September 2009):
Investigate existing mechanisms Evaluate national legal frameworks for facilitating
and regulating international relief using the IDRL Guidelines
• Declaration of Buenos Aires (June 2010) Request for a Model Regional Legal Compendium,
based on the IDRL Guidelines
• Declaration de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (November 2010)
“to organize, within the OAS framework, a workshop to define a prompt and coordinated regional response mechanism to natural disasters.”
Regional Instruments• CDEMA
• Convention establishing CDERA• Development of Model Legislation for
member states • CEPREDENAC
• Regional Mechanism• Regional Manual
• CAPRADE• Regional Manual
• ACS• Treaty on Disaster Response
• MERCOSUR- REHU• Specialized Meeting
Gaps in regional regulatory framework
• Limited geographical reach• State actors only• Ratification and implementation
needed to take effect (harmonization of national laws)
• Do not address all most common legal problems of international disaster assistance
Technical assistance project to strengthen legal preparedness for international disaster assistance at
national levelsMethodology:•Legal Investigation: Analysis and review of legal framework•Interviews with stakeholders•Meetings of Working Group and National Workshops•Recommendations and follow-up
2010/2011: Colombia, Haiti, Peru2011/2012: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic.
IDRL-Haiti
•Project Phase 1 (Sept to Dec. 2010): legal investigation and consultation process. Report will be launched early January 2011.
•Project Phase 2 (First quarter 2011-onward): IFRC and CRH will provide support to government of to strengthen the legal framework, taking into account the recommendations of the IDRL report.
IDRL-Peru and ColombiaPhase I- First quarter 2011•Legal investigation and consultation process•Reports will be launched in February and March 2011
Phase II-Second quarter 2011-onward•Recommendations and follow-up actions
For more information
• IDRL website:
– www.ifrc.org/idrl– www.ifrc.org/sp/idrl