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Strengthening legal preparedness for international disaster assistance
ECHO Partners ConferenceBrussels, 21 October 2010
Elise Baudot-QueguinerLegal CounselIFRC
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ContextClimate Change• More and bigger disasters = more
need for int’l cooperation
More and different responders• More complex than ever for recipient
governments
Lack of legal preparedness• Lack of previously established rules
for int’l assistance
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IDRL programme• Initiated in 2001
– 27 legal case studies – Global survey– Desk study – Regional consultations
• 2007: IDRL Guidelines
– Technical assistance– Capacity building– Advocacy
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Unnecessary regulatory problemsVisas, customs, tax, etc. Wrong aid, untrained staff, etc.
Impact: reduced access, higher costs, poorer quality
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Common Problems: Entry and Operations
• Initiation• Visas• Customs• Taxes• Legal
Personality• Bank Accounts• Local Hiring• Liability• Corruption
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Common Problems: Quality and Coordination
• Inappropriate relief items and activities
• Untrained or unqualified personnel
• Lack of respect for domestic authorities and relief actors
• Lack of respect for beneficiaries
• Failure to coordinate
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Regional Law
Global & Regional Institutions
Sectoral Law
Bilateral Agreements
Soft Law
No Comphensive Legal RegimeHuman Rights
RC /RC (Soft) Law
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Lack of geographic reach (few parties to treaties)
Lack of thematic scopeType of disaster
Type of actor
Lack of awareness
Lack of use
Gaps in international instruments
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The “IDRL Guidelines”• Recommendations to
governments on how to prepare domestic legal frameworks for international assistance
• Adopted by the State Parties to the Geneva Conventions in 2007
• Joint EU Member States pledge
• 4 UN General Assembly resolutions
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• Personnel– Visas– Work permits– Professional qualifications– Freedom of movement
• Goods and equipment– Customs clearance and duties– Food, vehicles, telecoms, medicines
• Transport• Domestic legal status
– Power to open bank accounts, contract, etc.• Taxes• Security• Extended hours• Costs
The IDRL Guidelines’ proposed legal facilities
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• Aid providers always:
– Abide by domestic and international law– Coordinate with domestic authorities– Abide by humanitarian principles
• Humanity, neutrality and impartiality
• To the greatest extent practicable, they:
– Meet int’l quality standards– Coordinate with other actors– Involve beneficiaries– Use fully trained personnel– Build on local capacities– Ensure transparency
The IDRL Guidelines’ standards
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The Guidelines and humanitarian actors: the recommended link
Humanitarian actor requests legal facilities
Gov’t decides
Facilities conditioned on adherence to minimum quality standards
Ongoing obligation of recipient to abide by standards
Gov’t monitors progress
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IFRC/NS technical assistance projects
• In Follow-up: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Sierra Leone, Vietnam
• Underway: Colombia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Peru, Uganda, Vanuatu
• Starting: Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, Tajikistan
• Under discussion: Argentina, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Kiribati, Philippines, Solomon Islands
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Not just an issue for developing countries!
• IDRL EU Study: EU law, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
• “Host Nation Support”: Belgian Presidency, Nordic states
• Australia study
• Under development: Canada, Ireland, Spain, USA
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Capacity building and partnerships
• Training– 7 regional workshops– Training for UN officials– Short course for governments– Online module (available in November)
• Partnerships: – UN, World Customs Organization, Inter-
Parliamentary Union– ASEAN, OAS, SADC, SOPAC, ECOWAS
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Examples of use of the IDRL Guidelines
New laws/rules adopted• Indonesia• New Zealand• Panama• Philippines• Norway
New SOPs/Guidance• ASEAN• CAPRADE• NATO
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Other upcoming products
• Legislative advocacy manual (Nov. 2010)
• Model law on IDRL (Mid-2011)
• DRR law study (Early 2011)
• Checklist on DRR law (Mid 2011)
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New report: case studies on disaster law in Asia
1. Indonesia - IDRL
2. Philippines - Law of disaster risk reduction
3. Sri Lanka – Reducing legal barriers to post-disaster shelter solutions
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What next?
• We would like to cooperate with more of you on promoting IDRL!
• We would like to see EU institutions encouraging states to work with their NSs to examine their legal preparedness
• At our next International Conference, in 2011, states will be invited to report on their progress on IDRL
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For more information
• IDRL website:
– www.ifrc.org/idrl– Electronic versions of
all publications– Legal database– Bi-monthly newsletter– Weekly news service– Contact: [email protected]