Mapping the terrain the role of public international law in shaping international disaster law

Abstract

This chapter aims to analyse how disaster law is situated within public international law. It maps the different questions that have been guiding the connection between disaster law and public international law and how the latter has been addressing or disregarding disasters. It investigates how these two fields have been connected to one another. It further examines the gaps in public international law and areas where it has remained silent. The chapter concludes by tracing the future areas of research in the relationship between disaster law and international law.