Disasters are threat to human rights
SOURCE: UNISDR, 26/02/2019
The Human Rights Council was told that “nothing lays bare inequality and discrimination like a disaster.” The Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, added: “The failure to acknowledge human rights creates marginalized and vulnerable groups that face discrimination and exclusion. These vulnerable populations are far more likely to suffer disproportionately from disasters.”
This news is related to one of the 12 themes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s World Conference on Health and Climate Change.
Reducing the health risks of disasters“.