Governments Responsibility in Marine Disaster-On Victims Rights and Interests Protection in China

Abstract

As one of the gravest natural disasters in China, Marine disaster brings about serious damages each year. In the 18th CPC national congress, Chinese leaders put forward with the goal of building a strong marine country, under this circumstance, the fight against marine disaster has gain strategic meaning. Based on the basic rights of survival and development, this paper elaborates marine disaster-victims rights and interests, those are right to life, right to know, right to receive assistance, participation right, title to property, right to resume production. As a large amount of marine disaster-victims rely on marine resources to make a living, they are highly vulnerable to marine disaster. Our government should ensure these rights in terms of concept, legal system, technology, economy and policy.