Natural Disaster and Human Rights Perspective

Disasters, conjointly referred to as natural hazards, will occur because of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, landslides, droughts, and tsunamis. Natural disaster severely affects the social and economic development of a region and severely damages local response capacities. Conventionally it has been seen as situation that challenges of a humanitarian nature. Large extents of people also become internally displaced when natural disasters strike. Human Rights protection should be provided when disaster strikes. The displacement lasts which result in great risk of human rights violations. Human Rights are commonly assumed as “inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being”. There are times when human rights violations aren't planned or intended, but result instead from unequal access to assistance, discriminatory treatment within the provision of assistance, forced relocation, sexual violence against children, or loss of documentation, Children may be recruited into fighting forces, and they may be relocated or resettled in an unsafe or unplanned manner. A natural disaster victim may also face property restitution issues, as well as policies that are inappropriate. They are often created as a result of neglect or a lack of oversight. If they had taken full account of human rights provisions from the beginning, both national and international actors could have avoided these violations. Disaster management include preparedness measures, emergency relief rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. There have been a number of new issues that have arisen in recent humanitarian crises, as well as legal protection availability of education, clean water, housing and healthcare, restoration and recompense, and protection of vulnerable individuals are some of the things they could have considered.