Solidarity and the potential of the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

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O'Donnell, Therese; Aronsson-Storrier, Marie and Breau, Susan C., eds. (2024) Solidarity and the potential of the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters. In: Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 274-296. ISBN 9781803924212 (https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924212.00023)

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Abstract

This chapter explores notions of solidarity in the international law relating to disaster assistance. Articulations of solidarity and fellowship are regularly propounded when catastrophes occur. However, in addition to being intensely political, disasters are also highly legalised contexts, even when the law is only questionably present or relevant. Therefore, although proclamations of fellowship and solidarity are attractive, their legal manifestation remains elusive and their operationalisation thorny. In exploring these issues, the chapter investigates whether there is much actual evidence of solidarity in international disaster law by reading the 2016 ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters in conjunction with other related international instruments and queries whether there exist, or should exist, a duty to offer assistance.

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O'Donnell, Therese ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8995-717X; Aronsson-Storrier, Marie and Breau, Susan C.
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:87894
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    27 September 2024
    Published
    12 December 2023
    Accepted
    Notes:This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law, Second Edition, edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Susan C. Breau, published in 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924212.00023
    Subjects:Law > Law (General)
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:24 Jan 2024 15:49
    Last modified:22 Nov 2024 01:25
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/87894
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