Literature review on law and disaster recovery and reconstruction

This literature review contributes to the work of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Disaster Law Program (IFRC-DLP) to support governments in strengthening their domestic legal frameworks to enable more effective disaster recovery. Specifically, it is part of the preparatory analysis, research and evidence base to develop a set of recommendations for law and policy makers in the area of law and disaster recovery and reconstruction.

The recommendations fill a gap in the following set of tools, which currently inform the IFRC-DLP’s technical advice, each of which was informed by extensive research, consultation and comparative analysis:

• the Guidelines for the domestic facilitation and regulation of international disaster assistance and initial recovery assistance and its accompanying Model Act and Model Emergency Decree; the Checklist on the Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance;
• the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction, and its accompanying Handbook; and
• the Checklist on Law and Disaster Preparedness and Response.