New PRUV Publication: International Law applicable to Urban Conflict and Disaster

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal has recently published an article written as part of PRUV work package 3 concerning legal frameworks and urban resilience.  Authored by Ronan McDermott, Charlotte Luelf, Laura Hofmann and Pat Gibbons, the article provides an overview of the international legal framework governing urban crises arising from conflict, natural and technological disasters.   International humanitarian law and international human rights law provide important protections to vulnerable persons in both human-made and natural disaster settings. While the two bodies of law do not draw explicit distinctions between urban and rural settings, their various provisions, and indeed their silence on, crucial issues that would enhance legal protection in urban settings merit greater attention.  The article can be found at the following link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/DPM-03-2017-0052