Humanitarian assistance and international law (2018)
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2019-11-07
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Cubie, Dug
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Brill
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An estimated 11.429 people died as a direct result of disasters during 2018, with over 96.700 people injured and nearly 60 million people affected. While the overall impact of storms and geophysical hazards, such as earthquakes and volcanoes, were lower than the long-term average, there was a sharp increase in fatalities arising from flooding – particularly in India, Japan, Nigeria and Kenya. Likewise, the second half of 2018 was marked by particularly severe wildfires in many parts of Europe and California, as well as tropical cyclones in the US and Japan. While local and national authorities and communities are typically the first responders to such events, international cooperation to assist affected states can play an important role in preventing and mitigating the human and financial impacts of natural and human-made hazards, and responding to disasters they may cause. Such international cooperation may take the form of bilateral and multilateral state-to-state assistance, as well as through the work of multilateral inter-governmental agencies, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector.
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Disasters , Humanitarian assistance , International law , 2018
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Cubie, D. (2019) 'Humanitarian assistance and international law (2018)', Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, 1(1), pp. 409-418. https://doi.org/10.1163/26662531-01001027