IASC operational guidelines on the protection of persons in situations of natural disasters. 
 Operational guidelines on the protection of persons in situations of natural disasters.  Inter-Agency Standing Committee operational guidelines on the protection of persons in situations of natural disasters. 

 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement,   2011. 
 - v, 68 pages :   photographs ;   26 cm. 
<br/><br/> To promote and facilitate a rights-based approach to disaster relief, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) adopted Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters in 2006. The Guidelines are a major contribution to the promotion of a rights-based approach in situations of natural disasters. Following the feedback from the field-testing of the guidelines we have incorporate lessons-learned from the field into a revised version of the Guidelines. This revised version also expands the rights-based approach to include preparedness measures. Small steps in preparedness can have a major impact once a disaster strikes -- foreword, v. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Disaster victims--Rehabilitation.<br/>Internally displaced persons--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Natural disasters--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV553  / .I59 2011