The Academy Curatorium's choice to focus the 1995 Research Centre on catastrophes was without doubt prompted by the United Nations General Assembly's unwittingly apposite designation of the 1990s as `the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction'.
<p class=copymedium>The articles in this volume are divided into four parts. In the Introduction Professor Caron examines why the subject of catastrophes has been a particularly difficult one for the international community to address, while Professor Leben attempts to outline what an international catastrophe law might be.
<p class=copymedium>In Part I, five chapters chart the edges of the subject by addressing a series of catastrophes that challenge both our sense of catastrophe and the applicable law: the global ecological crisis, environmental refugees, populations displaced as a consequence of violence, famine and the AIDS virus (the full scale of the BSE crisis had not emerged at the time).
<p class=copymedium>In Part II, a further five chapters look to the functional dimensions in which the international community has responded to the challenges posed by catastrophes of all types: the duty on States to inform one another of the existence or risk of catastrophe, and the institutionalization of that duty; the duty on States to prevent catastrophe and corollaries of that duty such as the provision of material and technological assistance; the international organization of disaster response particularly within the United Nations family of organizations; the international organization of emergency response and the international facilitation of the work of non-governmental organizations.
<p class=copymedium>Finally, in Part III, four chapters address the aftermath of catastrophe: the responsibility of States for industrial and natural catastrophes; emerging patterns in the elaboration of State responsibility in conventional regimes; the scope of damages in the context of disasters; and the liability of States for disasters involving acts not prohibited by international law.
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Avant-propos - Foreword. Introduction générale. Les rapports des directeurs d'études. General Introduction. The Reports of the Directors of Studies. 1. Adressing Catastrophes: Conflicting Images of Solidarity and Separateness. - Report of the Director of Studies of the English-Speaking Section of the Centre. 2. Vers un Droit International des Catastrophes? - Rapport du Directeur D'Études de la Section de Langue Française du Centre. Première Partie: Etude de certaines catégories de catastrophes. Part I: Studies of Specific Types of Catastrophes. 1. Les Catastrophes Écologiques Globales. 2. Environmental Refugees: A New World Catastrophe. 3. Les Déplacements Massifs de Population Liés à la Violence Interne aux Etats: Catastrophe Humanitaire et Protection Internationale des Victimes. 4. Famine as a Catastrophe: The Role of International Law. 5. La Pandémie du Sida Vue Sous L'Angle d'Un Droit des Catastrophes. Deuxième Partie: Prévention et Coopération. Part II: Prevention and Co-operation. 1. Managing Transboundary Environmental Accidents: The State Duty to Inform. 2. L'Obligation de Prévention des Catastrophes Industrielles et Naturelles. 3. Global Solidarity and the International Response to Disasters. 4. Creating an International Urgent Assistance Mechanism in Case of Natural and Industrial Catastrophes. 5. Les Actions d'Urgence dans les Catastrophes: Évolution des Activités des Organisations Interétatiques et des Organisations non Gouvernementales. Troisième Partie: Responsabilité et Réparation. Part III: Responsibility and Compensation. 1. Les Fondements de la Responsabilité Civile dans les Régimes de Droit Privé Applicables aux Catastrophes Naturelles et Industrielles. 2. Responsibility for Catastrophes: New Concepts in Their Conventional Application. 3. La Réparation des Dommages Catastrophiques: Comparaison des Solutions Existances dans les Conventions Internationales. 4. La Responsabilité en Cas de Catastrophes Écologiques, d'Après les Travaux de la CDI sur les Activités non Interdites par le Droit International. Bibliographie sélective. Selected Bibliography. Table Analytique des Matières. Table de la Jurisprudence Internationale et Interne. Table des traités. Analytical Index. Table of International and Domestic Cases. Table of Treaties.
