Abstract
In 2005, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting issued a ‘call to action’ for improving disaster management, ensuring effective and timely humanitarian assistance and strengthening the international response system. With weather and climate‐related hazards on the rise, coupled with their increasing impact on vulnerable people and economies, it has become critical to answer this call. Significant progress can be made through the elimination or reduction of the many legal and bureaucratic barriers that continue to plague international relief. This article explores how the Commonwealth, and indeed the international community as a whole, can learn from recent research in this area and take steps to implement the Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance (‘IDRL Guidelines’) and improve legal preparedness for disaster response.
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