International Recovery Platform

This Manual considers international laws, standards and policies pertaining to five areas relevant to rehabilitation following a natural disaster: human rights, the rights of vulnerable groups, the rights of children, land and property management, and

This publication provides expert advice and global best practices on ten identified 'burning' post-disaster recovery and reconstruction issues, in a time-bound manner. It covers a number of key sectors including: building seismic safety assessment, environmental and social assessment, and helping women and children to recover and build resilient communities. It aims to support the Government of Haiti's decision-making on the recovery and reconstruction operations following the devastating Haiti Earthquake of January 2010.

This assessment is aimed to identify the structural causes of the floods and develop medium and long term effective flood-reduction strategies, focusing mainly on the areas of agriculture, food security, nonagricultural livelihoods, and urban environment.