The International Institute of Humanitarian Law, jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Disaster Law Project and in cooperation with the Italian Red Cross and the EU Jean Monnet Module on “International and European Disaster Law” Roma Tre University, will conduct the 4th International Disaster Law Course from 12 to 16 June 2017 in Sanremo, Italy.
The course on International Disaster Law (IDL) offers participants an opportunity to analyse one of today’s most important legal challenges: the prevention and management of natural and man-made disasters. Lectures will be delivered by distinguished speakers including Eduardo Valencia-Ospina (Special Rapporteur of the ILC on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters), Walter Kälin (former Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons), academics, as well as representatives of relevant international and national actors involved in IDL, such as the IFRC, OCHA, WHO, IOM and the Italian Red Cross.
Registration deadline: 26th May 2017 (max. 35 participants)
Continue to International Institute of Humanitarian Law’s website for programme details and administrative information.
Source: International Institute of Humanitarian Law
