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IASC operational guidelines on the protection of persons in situations of natural disasters.

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2011.Description: v, 68 pages : photographs ; 26 cmOther title:

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

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HV553 .I59 2011

Summary: 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.

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Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	HV553 .I59 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT01112

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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.

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