Date, time	8 Mar, 13:15 - 15:00
Location	403
Teacher	Karen Oliveira Da Costa
Slides	Here!
Reading	Mandatory reading for this class (for further suggested reading see below): Hesselman, M. (2013). Establishing a Full 'Cycle of Protection' for Disaster Victims: Preparedness, Response and Recovery According to Regional and International Human Rights Supervisory Bodies. Tilburg Law Review, 18 (2), 106–132. Fordham, M. (1999). The Intersection of Gender and Social Class in Disaster: Balancing Resilience and Vulnerability. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 17(1), 15-36.
Activity	Instructions available on the link

In this class we will look at how human rights should also be part in the recovery from disasters (eg. 'build back better'), and how a culture of respect for human rights can support resilience to be achieved. We will also touch upon 'disaster risk reduction' as an effort to increase societal resilience to disasters, and how human rights relate to this. We will discuss these issues mostly with reference to academic literature and the output of human rights monitoring bodies.

Suggestions for additional reading

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNDRR (2023), Human rights and disaster risk reduction: strengthening the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Considerations from the Asia-Pacific Region. Report available at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/human-rights-and-disaster-risk-reduction-strengthening-implementation-sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030-considerations-asia-pacific-region.
Bradshaw, S., Linneker, B., and Overton, L. (2022). Creating disaster risk and constructing gendered vulnerability. In

Bankoff, G., and Hilhorst, D. (eds.). Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation (pp. 51–82). Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. Milton: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219453-5
Gaillard, J.C., et al. (2017). Beyond men and women: a critical perspective on gender and disaster. Disasters, 41(3), 429–447. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12209