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REGIONAL COMPENDIUM OF REGULATORY
INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN
EMERGENCIES
Barbados
October 19, 2011
Teresa Camacho,
IFRC IDRL Acting Coordinator for America
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What is the RLC?
A tool to facilitate the rapid exchange on national
and sub regional applicable legislation to
international disaster assistance.
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RLC Background and Context
Florianopolis
Declaration
2009
• Promote the compilation
of a Regional Document,
based on national and sub
regional norms, protocols
and procedures, to be
observed when offering,
receiving and coordinating
humanitarian assistance in
case of disaster
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Buenos Aires
Declaration
June 2010
• Request for the follow up
group to collaborate,
together with the IFRC , in
sketching a Regional
Compendium which model
was analyzed during this
meeting on the basis of
IDRL guidelines
Quito
Declaration 2011
• Adopted the model of
Regional Compendium
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Process of Consolidation RLC
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An early draft of the Compendium was
presented in the Bs As meeting
Follow up group: Bs As Declaration:
host countries of the past EIHP meeting:
Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador
as the next host country, OCHA and the
IFRC
Virtual meeting Aug. 2010
Follow- up group workshop Dec. 2010
Final draft (April 2011)
Approval: Quito Declaration
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Purpose of the RLC
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Facilitate the work of governments in the region in the process
of assembling, in the framework of domestic legislation, relevant
information on the regulation and facilitation of international
humanitarian aid in cases of disasters, as outlined in the IDRL
Guidelines
 Allow governments of the region to identify the strengths of
their national legislation regarding disaster prevention and relief,
as well as those areas where regulatory frameworks could be
strengthened in anticipation of future disasters;
 Allow a rapid exchange of information about existing legal
procedures in different countries of the region during an
emergency or disaster; and,
 Constitute a tool to enhance mutual cooperation between
countries and other international actors providing assistance
emergencies or disasters.
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• COUNTRY PROFILE
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Structure of the RLC
1. COUNTRY PROFILE
 General overview of the
natural hazards that might
affect the country.
 Mention to major disasters
that took place over the
past years.
 Calls for international
assistance and the areas
where this aid has been
needed
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2. MATRIX
 (1) Information / Request for
3. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Assistance to Initiate
 documents related to
International Support
humanitarian assistance
Mechanisms,
which may be relevant and of
 (2) Entry / Legal Facilities (A.
interest, and that support the
Affected State; B. Transit
answers to the questions
State/Originating State),
included in the Matrix.
 (3) Mechanisms for
coordinating international
4. ANNEXES
humanitarian assistance,
 GLOSSARY
 (4) Quality standards,
 PHONE DIRECTORY
 (5) Private or non-civilian
assistance; and,
 (6) Procedures for the final
phase of assistance.
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Overview of the RLC
Information/Request for Assistance to Trigger International Response Mechanisms
Area
Reference Questions for Research
External Early
Warning (to warn
of the impact that
would lead to the
crossing of
borders and/or
facilitate
international
assistance)
Does the law or policy specify a
procedure to report to other
governments/regional
organizations/United Nations about
disasters and/or emergencies,
including emerging hazards, that
could lead to disasters and/or
emergencies in the country and/or in
a neighboring country?
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Model for the Regional
Legal Compendium
Regulatory
Framework in
the Country
IDRL Guidelines/
Authority
Procedures to report to other
governments/regional
organizations/United Nations ·Law on Disaster
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about disasters, including
Management
emerging hazards that could
lead to disasters.
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Examples- Colombia
Calidad
Ejemplo de Directrices
Leyes
IDRL/
implicadas
Autoridad
Responsabilidad ¿Se establecen procedimientos específicos para Procedimientos para evitar la desviación, malversación o ·Ley de GD
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del Gobierno del evitar la desviación, malversasión o fraude de la fraude de la asistencia humanitaria internacional y de
Ley 734 de 2002
Estado Afectado asistencia humanitaria internacional y los
recuperación (bienes/fondos):
Código
bienes/fondos de recuperación?
Las donaciones que se canalizan por el Fondo Nacional de discplinario
Calamidades y por Acción Social estarían sujetas al
único, Ley 42 de
control disciplinario y fiscal de la Procuraduría y la
1993
Contraloría, incluso si se utilizan operadores de carácter Decreto ley 267
privado ya que éstos responden ante dichas entidades por de 2000los dineros que se les confíen.
Facultades
Así mismo, existen veedurías ciudadanas que vigilan de Contraloría y
manera preventiva y posterior las actuaciones de los
Decreto Ley 262
funcionarios públicos
de 2000procuraduría
Ley 850 de
2003- veedurías
ciudadanas
Área
Preguntas de Referencia para la Investigación
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Modelo de Compendio Normativo Regional
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Examples- Peru
Calidad
Área
Responsabilida
d del Gobierno
del Estado
Afectado
Preguntas de Referencia para la
Investigación
¿Se establecen procedimientos
específicos para evitar la desviación,
malversasión o fraude de la asistencia
humanitaria internacional y los
bienes/fondos de recuperación?
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Ejemplo de Directrices
Modelo de Compendio Normativo Regional
Leyes
IDRL/
implicadas Autoridad
En caso de desastres, actualmente no existen
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establecidos procedimientos legales que
de la Ley Nº
garanticen la supervisión y fiscalización del uso y 28905. (UIF)
destino de ayuda de carácter humanitario. Sin
Ley N° 27693
embargo, por el artículo 10º de la Ley Nº 28905, la y Ley N°
Contraloría General de la República tiene
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facultades de coordinación con los sectores de
fiscalización correspondientes. Es menester
indicar que también actúa la Unidad de
Inteligencia Financiera de la Superintendencia de
Banca, Seguros y AFP para evitar el lavado de
activos. Finalmente, debemos indicar que existe
también para el caso de la distribución de la Ayuda
Humanitaria algunos instrumentos para la
actuación que facilitan el posterior control como
por ejemplo las Planillas de Distribución Final de
Bienes de Ayuda Humanitaria .
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RLC workshop
Panamá 24- 25 October
COUNTRY
REPRESENTING
TITLE
NOMINATED PARTICIPANT
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Director, National Office of Disaster Services
Fillmore Mullin
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Legal Counsel
Marlon Glean
JAMAICA
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER,
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Legal officer
Paula robinson Russell
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY (NEMA)
National Disaster Coordinator
Carl Herbert
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
DEFENCE FORCE
Director Force Development and strategy
planning
Archilus Phillips
CUBA
MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES
EXTERIORES
Subdirector de Asuntos Sociohumanitarios
Sr. Carlos Fernández de Cossío
HAITÍ
Ministere de'linterieur et des collectivites
territoriales/direction de la protectioncivile
DRR consultant
Rose-Luce Cadot-Prevot
ANTIGUA
&
BARBUDA
GRENADA
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Caribbean Countries participation in the
EIHP
Buenos Aires 2010
Florianopolis 2009:
 Antigua y Barbuda • Cuba
• Granada
 Belize
 Dominican Republic • Haiti
• Jamaica
 Granada
• Saint Lucia
 Haiti
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Surinam
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Quito 2011
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Haiti
• Saint Lucia