Human Rights and Natural Disaster: The Indian Ocean Tsunami

When governments face massive loss of life, public health crises, and thousands of injured, hungry, and homeless people, the demands of humanitarian aid coordination and delivery, and the rebuilding of infrastructure, the basic need to reestablish public services and security immediately spring to m...

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Published inHuman Rights Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 12 - 16
Main Author Lewis, Hope
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities of the American Bar Association 01.10.2006
American Bar Association
Subjects
Access to education
Disabled persons
Disasters
Displaced persons
Domestic violence
Donations
Gender discrimination
Government
Hospitals
Housing
Human rights
Humanitarian aid
International cooperation
Medical supplies
Medical treatment
Migrant workers
Natural disasters
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Politics
Public television
Tsunamis
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Summary:When governments face massive loss of life, public health crises, and thousands of injured, hungry, and homeless people, the demands of humanitarian aid coordination and delivery, and the rebuilding of infrastructure, the basic need to reestablish public services and security immediately spring to mind. Two legally binding international human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, elaborate state obligations as to the economic, social, and cultural rights (increasingly well defined by courts and other legal bodies) as well as the range of civil and political rights with which most U.S. lawyers are more familiar. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement outline the responsibilities of governments and other actors toward those who have been displaced by natural disaster or armed conflict.\n But the international human rights standards require a different focus.
ISSN:0046-8185
2162-8483