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Lecture outline

How are human rights affected in disasters? How are human rights protected in such situations? Do states have human rights obligations already when preparing for disasters? Do states have human rights obligations while responding to disasters? This session engage with such questions, focusing especially on disasters linked to natural hazards.

Lecture slides

RECORDED LECTURE (Flipped classroom):

In-class activity

Discuss questions in slides (especially p. 15-16), and MATERIAL FOR STUDENTS TO DISCUSS IN THE ZOOM SESSION

Readings:

Carmalt, J. and Dale, C. 2012. Human rights and disaster. In: Wisner, B., Gaillard, J. C. & Kelman, I. (eds.) Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. London: Routledge.

Bizzarri, Mariangela. "Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Natural and Man-Made Disasters." Chap. 16 In International Disaster Response Law, In: De Guttry, A., M. Gestri and G. Venturini (eds.). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012.

Further suggested readings:

Crock, Mary. "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups." (chapter 18) In: Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law, Breau, Susan and Katja Samuel (eds.). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2016.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 7 February 2018, General Recommendation No. 37 on Gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change.

Sommario, E., (2012). Derogation from Human Rights Treaties in Situations of Natural or Man-Made Disasters. In Guttry, A., Gestri, M., & Venturini, G. (Eds.) International Disaster Response Law (2012 ed., pp. 323-352). The Hague, The Netherlands: T. M. C. Asser Press.

(VOLUNTARY) FURTHER MATERIAL:

RECORDINGS FROM THE MR DAGARNA - APRIL 2021 / ONLINE/UPPSALA - PANEL ON PANDEMICS, DISASTERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS