5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

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Forgotten Beacons:
Restoring Human Rights in the Risk
Reduction, Resilience & Adaptation Agendas
Sarah Henly-Shepard, MPH, Ph.D.
Founder, Director, Consultant
Disaster Resilience, L.L.C.
USA

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Introduction & Rationale
– Integral importance of human rights, justice & equity to the
vulnerability, risk and resilience paradigms
– Disconnect between science, practice & policy to enable
transparent, accountable resilience metrics
– Poor inclusion of human rights, justice & equity in international
frameworks, programs, research and policy

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Methodology
Scientific Literature Review:
• PRISMA Process
• Web of Science
Gray Literature:
• United Nations Official
Documents database
• Semi-structured review of
relevant publications, policy
briefings, manuals and reports

4. • Call for More Research: Few articles within the topic (per search terms) over the
• Disconnect between Science, Practice & Policy: Most relevant papers did not link
conceptual frameworks with policy or fieldwork
• Lack of Human Rights-inclusive Risk, Resilience or Adaptation Framework/Models
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5. Rights-inclusive Resilience Conceptual Model
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System
Dynamics
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Dimensions
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Rights-inclusive Resilience
Conceptual Model Indicators

7. Added value for the Post 2015 Framework for
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Disaster Risk Reduction
Gaps & Opportunities of the Hyogo Framework for Action:
• Current international platforms and frameworks pursuing resilience, risk reduction and development fail to
adequately recognize and address human rights, justice and equity as root causes of vulnerability
• The HFA included no mention of human rights, justice or equity.
• The HFA Midterm Review 2011 recognized this, noting that global consensus of disaster risk reduction is unlikely
unless it is based in universally accepted principles of justice and equity (UNISDR 2011; UNISDR and WMO 2012).
In addition, the HFA Suggestions for Post-2015 HFA propose the Plan of Action Guiding Principle D.17(f)
“Preventing new, and reducing the existing, risk of disasters constitute an international legal duty aimed at
protecting persons, their livelihoods and property while respecting their human rights “ (UN 2014, pp. 4).
• Disconnect between science, practice & policy to enable transparent, accountable resilience metrics
• As such, this Rights-inclusive Resilience Conceptual Model is a mechanism for policy and programmatic
transparency and accountability, offering five core recommendations to constructively integrate the human rights
agenda within the post-2015 HFA priorities.
Further Steps—Post 2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction:
Intersections of disasters and climate change provide a logical transition for a rights-inclusive approach to adaptation,
development, risk reduction and resilience-building.
1) Re-assert the legal commitment of governments to human rights, justice and equity;
2) Improve collaboration between science, practice and policy realms;
3) Mainstream rights, justice and equity as baseline standards for resilience;
4) Advance transparent qualitative and quantitative measures of resilience; and,
5) Create adaptable community-based strategies which are informed by, and feed back best practices into,
regional, national and international frameworks and policies, in particular the post-2015 HFA, the Sustainable
Development Goals, among other relevant platforms.

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Conclusions
• Review of rights-inclusive related literature, policies, frameworks
• Highlighted the need to adequately address human rights, justice
and equity in resilience, risk and vulnerability conceptual
frameworks and policy
• Proposed a Rights-inclusive Resilience Conceptual Model for
collaborative, integrative, transparent & accountable research,
planning and policy in support of the post-2015 HFA

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Questions
Contact:
Sarah Henly-Shepard, MPH, Ph.D.
Disaster Resilience, L.L.C.
s.henly.shepard@gmail.com
512.431.9706 (c)