A Study on Legal Preparedness for International Disaster Assistance in Colombia - Towards the Application of the IDRL Guidelines - Summary Version

Publication language
English
Pages
16pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, International law, Response and recovery
Countries
Colombia
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

The research and consultations underlying this report were undertaken in 2010-2011. The full report (of which the present document is a summary version) presents and analyzes Colombian legislation on international assistance in the event of disaster, on the basis of the legal framework in force up to the end of 2011. 

This report is the result of collaboration between the Colombian Red Cross Society, with support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the Department of Risk Management of the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Interior. It is intended to support the Government of Colombia in assessing its leg- islation related to the facilitation and regulation of international humanitarian assis- tance in the event of natural disasters.

The project included a review of applicable national legislation as well as a consulta- tion process with a multitude of governmental offices, civil society organizations and international partners about procedures and experiences with the management of international disaster assistance. The study used the Guidelines for the facilitation and regulation of international disaster relief and initial recovery assistance (the ‘IDRL Guidelines’) as its basis for analysis. The IDRL Guidelines were adopted by the state parties to the Geneva Conventions in 2007 and can be found on the website of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies