Below is a selection of relevant resources on international disaster law, including academic commentaries, practitioner reports and organisations working in disaster contexts.

For an overview of the application of law in various disaster contexts, see our Information Sheets.

For more resources on specific topics, see:

• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Gender Based Violence in Disasters
• Human Rights in Disasters
• Disaster Displacement
• Irish Resources
• Academic and Practitioner Organisations

Selected disaster law publications

• S. Breau & K. Samuel (eds), Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law (Edward Elgar, 2016)
• K. C. Lauta, Disaster Law (Routledge, 2015)
• R. Lyster, Climate Justice and Disaster Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
• D. Caron, M. Kelly & A. Telesetsky (eds), The International Law of Disaster Relief (New York: CUP, Nov 2014)
• A. de Guttry, M. Gestri & G. Venturini (eds), International Disaster Response Law (Springer, 2012)
• D. Cubie, ‘An Analysis of Soft Law Applicable to Humanitarian Assistance: Relative Normativity in Action?’ (2011) 2 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 177-215 (The Hague: Brill)
• D. Cubie, ‘An Enchanted Tool? Humanitarian Assistance and the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’ (2009-2010) IV-V Irish Yearbook of International Law 119-151 (Oxford: Hart)