This text outlines the legal framework for disaster risk management in Thailand and was enacted on 3 October 2007. Along with the Sendai Framework, it serves as the basis for the country's National Disaster Risk Management Plan (2015).

This Law is enacted for the purpose of preventing and reducing the occurrence of emergencies, controlling, mitigating and eliminating the serious social harm caused by emergencies, regulating the activities in response to emergencies, protecting the lives

This Republic Act No. 10821 of the Government of the Philippines mandates the provision of emergency relief and protection for children before, during, and after disaster and other emergency situations. It refers to situations when children are gravely

This Executive Order on Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Mitigation (WUI) aims to mitigate wildfire risks to Federal buildings located in the WUI, reduce risks to people, and help minimize property loss to wildfire.  For new buildings and alterations

The objective of this law is to regulate disaster management in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The law has the following goals: (i) Prevention, adaptation and mitigation in the pre-disaster period, due to natural or human-made causes; (ii) Emergency response

In Spanish:

Este documento presenta la Ley General de Cambio Climático de México aprobada el 6 de Junio de 2012 e incluye las últimas reformas de 2015. En ella, México ejerce su soberanía y jurisdicción y establece disposiciones para enfrentar los efectos

This act sets out a comprehensive legal framework for disaster risk management. It provides for the establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, as well as for disaster risk management and the National Disaster Management Plan, coordination mechanism

The Palestinian Civil Defense Law No. 3, dated 1998, states the responsibility of the civil defense and official authorities in the Palestinian Authority to face disasters.

This bill amends the Disaster Management Act, 2002. The amendments include the following:

• clarification of policy focus on rehabilitation and functioning of disaster management centres
• alignment of the functions of the National Disaster Management

This Act regulates the protection of people, animals, property, cultural heritage and environment against natural and other disasters.

It defines as the basic tasks of the system of protection against natural and other disasters to be the following: (i)