DILAW4EU Newsletter - #2, December 2021

Editorial by the Project Coordinator

Dear reader,

it is my pleasure to introduce the last newsletter of the Jean Monnet Project ‘Disseminating Disaster Law for Europe’ (DILAW4E). The newsletter highlights main legal and institutional developments in this area, and activities carried out by the Jean Monnet Project. 

Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized how the legal and institutional challenges related to international disaster law are not limited to academic debates, having played a crucial role in the response to the current health emergency. During the 2 years of activities of the Jean Monnet Project, the pandemic also largely affected the management of planned events. Regardless of multiple challenges, including the need to largely shift from in-presence events to remote ones, we have been able to adapt to circumstances in order to deliver a significant number of activities, workshops and webinars with the involvement of dozens of experts from the academia, international organisations, humanitarian agencies and national institutions which have been able to attract hundreds of participants. Furthermore, we are particularly proud to have created and launched the Disaster Law Database in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Disaster Law Programme. 

Such achievements have been possible through the fruitful cooperation with other partners of the DILAW4E Project, namely University College Cork, the University of Groningen, the IFRC and the Italian Red Cross. A special thank goes to a series of colleagues for their interest in contributing to this Project, in particular to Dug Cubie, Marlies Hesselman, Eleonora Branca, Carlo de Stefano and Laura di Gianfrancesco.

Hopefully, this Project has been able to generate some interest on such critical issues in students, civil society representatives and governmental authorities, permitting to foster their awareness and concern on the potential relevance of legal issues in disaster settings for involved communities. Feel free to continue to contact us for future activities in this area.

I hope you enjoy this Newsletter!

Warm regards,

Giulio Bartolini

Associate professor of international law

Department of Law, Roma Tre University

DILAW4E Jean Monnet Project Coordinator

Index

1. DEVELOPMENTS IN DISASTER LAW AND POLICIES

• 1.1 Universal Level

• 1.2 European Level

• 1.3 Other Regional Levels 

2. NEWS AND EVENTS

3. DISASTER LAW PUBLICATIONS

• 3.1 Books

• 3.2 Articles in Journals and Collected Volumes

• 3.3 Posts

4. ACTIVITIES of the DILAW4EU Jean Monnet Project

1. DEVELOPMENTS IN DISASTER LAW AND POLICIES

• 1.1 Universal Level

• 1.2 European Level

• 1.3 Other Regional Levels

Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa in 2020

On 23 July 2020, the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction - DRR (AWGDRR) held a virtual one-day dialogue. Key deliberations included support for African countries to recover and build-back-better post covid-19 and other disasters affecting the continent in 2020, such as floods, droughts, locust invasion, and health-related epidemics. The action points resulting from the meeting were: increased support …

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The ASEAN Declaration on the Strengthening of Adaptation to Drought

On 10 November 2020, the ASEAN Declaration on the Strengthening of Adaptation to Drought was adopted. This declaration thereafter was commended at the 37th ASEAN Summit, which was held via video conference under the chairmanship of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Viet Nam) from 11 to 15 November 2020. It shows a paradigm shift towards more adaptive drought risk …

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2. NEWS AND EVENTS

3. DISASTER LAW PUBLICATIONS

3.1 Books

Zorzi Giustiniani Flavia, International Law in Disaster Scenarios (Springer 2020), pp. 1-209.

3.2 Articles in Journals and Collected Volumes

Abbott Frederick, Reichman Jerome, ‘Facilitating Access to Cross-Border Supplies of Patented Pharmaceuticals: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic’, (2020) 23 Journal of International Economic Law, 535.

Abeyratne Ruwantissa, ‘The Coronavirs and Air Transport - Some Implications for Trade and Law’, (2020) 69 German Journal of Air and Space Law 213.

Adinolfi Giovanna, ‘Strengthening Resilience to Disasters through International Trade Law: the Role of WTO Agreements on Trade in Goods’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 3.

Arato Julian, ‘The Perils of Pandemic Exceptionalism’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law, 627.

Aronsson-Storrier Marie, ‘Sendai Five Years on: Reflections on the Role of International Law in the Creation and Reduction of Disaster Risk’, (2020) 11 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 230.

Aronsson-Storrier Marie, ‘UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2019)’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 377. 

Askary Pouria, ‘The Right to International Solidarity and Humanitarian Assistance in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic’, (2020) 11 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 193.

Bahri Amrita, ‘Women at the Frontline of COVID-19: Can Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements Help?’, (2020) Journal of International Economic Law, 563.

Bartolini Giulio, ‘Cultural Heritage and Disasters’, in Francioni Francesco, Vrdoljak Ana Filipa (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law Oxford University Press 2020), 145.

Bartolini Giulio, ‘Global Animal Law and Disasters’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 38.

Baxi Upendra, ‘Disasters, Catastrophes and Oblivion: a TWAIL Perspective’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 72.

Coco Antonio, de Souza Dias Talita ‘Prevent, Respond, Cooperate: States’ Due Diligence Duties vis-à-vis the Covid-19 Pandemic’, (2020) 11 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 218.

Cubie Dug, ‘Humanitarian Assistance and International Law (2019)’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 483.

Danchin Peter, ‘The Pandemic Paradox in International Law’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law 598.

Dixit Pratik, ‘Synergising International Public Health Law and International Disaster Law’, (2020) European Journal of Risk Regulation, 1.

Fidler David, ‘The Covid-19 Pandemic, Geopolitics and International Law’, (2020) 11 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 237.

Franciosi Laura Maria, ‘The Effects of COVID-19 on International Contracts: A Comparative Overview’, (2020) 51 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 413.

Hopkins John W, ‘Regional Disaster Risk Reduction: Is There a Pacific Way?’, (2020) 27 Canterbury Law Review, 21.

Joost Pauwelyn, ‘Export Restrictions in Times of Pandemic: Options and Limits Under International Trade Agreements’, (2020) 54 Journal of World Trade, 727.

Koch Harald, ‘Disasters and Private International Law: Reasserting Legal Governance beyond the Nation State’, (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 116.

Murphy Sean, ‘Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Work of the International Law Commission’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law, 726.

Natoli Tommaso, ‘The 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (2019)’ (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 383.

Paddeu Federica, Waibel Michael, ‘The Final Act: Exploring the End of Pandemics’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law, 698.

Paparinskis Martins, ‘Covid-19 Claims and the Law of International Responsibility’, (2020) 11 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 311. 

Quintana Francisco-José, ‘Modest International Law: Covid-19, International Legal Responses and Depoliticazion’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law, 687.

Sacerdoti Giorgio, ‘Multilateralism and the WTO in the post COVID-19 World’, (2020) 29 The Italian Yearbook of International Law, 3.

Schiappa-Pietra Oscar, La pandemia del Covid-19 ante el derecho internacional’, (2020) 70 Revista Peruana de derecho internacional, 53.

Sell Caroline, ‘Ebola and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Armed Conflict: Contemporary Challens in Global Health Security Laws and Policies’, (2020) 29 Minnesota Journal of International Law, 187. 

Slade Tuiloma Neroni, ‘International Humanitarian Law and Climate Change’, in Linton Suzannah et al. (eds.), Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020), 643.

Sykes Alan, ‘Short Supply Conditions and the Law of International Trade: Economic Lessons from the Pandemic’, (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law, 647.

Tsang King Fung, ‘From Coronation to Coronavirus: Covid-19, Force Majeure and Private International Law’, (2020) 44 Fordham International Law Journal, 187.

Yee Sienho, ‘To Deal with a New Coronavirus Pandemic: Makins Sense of the Lack of Any State Practice in Pursuing State Responsibility for Alleged Malfeasances in a Pandemic- Lex SPecialis or Lex Generalis at Work?’, (2020) 19 Chinese Journal of International Law, 237.

 Zorzi Giustiniani Flavia, ‘Protecting World Cultural and Natural Heritage against Climate Change and Disasters: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention System’, (2019 (2019) 2 Yearbook of International Disaster Law, 233.

 3.3 Posts

Kolawole Oke Emmanuel, ‘Is the National Security Exception in the TRIPS Agreement a Realistic Option in Confronting COVID-19?', EJIL:Talk!, 6 August 2020.

4. ACTIVITIES of the DILAW4EU Jean Monnet Project