State of Emergency
A state of emergency or emergency powers is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of their citizens. A government can declare such a state during a natural disaster, civil unrest, armed conflict, medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk. Justitium is its equivalent in Roman law—a concept in which the Roman Senate could put forward a final decree (senatus consultum ultimum) that was not subject to dispute yet helped save lives in times of strife. States …
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ICC: International Chamber of Commerce · 11 November 2024
This report, commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce, analyzes the economic impacts of climate-related extreme weather events, focusing on physical asset destruction and human capital loss from 2014 to …
deaths, 100 people affected, a declaration of state of emergency, or a call for international assistance …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English
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Constitution permits the President to declare a state of emergency. Indonesia conducted its first Joint External …
Amnesty International · 6 November 2024
been used as political tools to silence peaceful dissent, often under the guise of sweeping state of emergency laws,” said Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah …
dissent, often under the guise of sweeping state of emergency laws,” said Amnesty International’s Regional …
World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English
As global efforts to build emergency-ready health systems intensify, the "Strategic Investment for Health System Resilience: A Three-Layer Framework" offers a practical investment framework and diverse country cases to guide …
restrictions was followed by a declaration of a state of emergency, which imposed a nighttime curfew and a …
Amnesty International · 4 November 2024 English
With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan …
and the government has declared a drought state of emergency, as have the governments of Lesotho, Malawi …
World Bank Group · 4 November 2024 English
threshold to inform the decision to declare a state of emergency, and the modalities to implement mutual assistance …
World Bank Group · 4 November 2024 English
threshold to inform the decision to declare a state of emergency, and the modalities to implement mutual assistance …
ACAPS · 1 November 2024 English
ANTICIPATED SCOPE AND SCALE 39,000 HOUSES DAMAGED IN • The most affected states were Guerrero, Michoacan, and Oaxaca, including • John was the tenth tropical cyclone of the 2024 storm …
02/10/2024). The affected states are no longer in a state of emergency, but the damage persists, and people continue …
HRI: Harm Reduction International · 28 October 2024
As the language of harm reduction becomes more popularised in the USA and across the globe, the These innovations are important examples of how Global State of Harm Reduction 2024 …
September Reflect Unsustainability of the State of Emergency’ [online article, 2024], MoJ, Brasília. Available … Reduction 2024 salvador-reflect-unsustainability-state-of-emergency/. survey response, EPSJV/Fiocruz, Brazil … als-el-salvador-reflect-unsustainability-state-of-emergency/ http://www.wola.org/analysis/mass-trial … s-el-salvador-reflect-unsustainability-state-of-emergency/ https://cristosal.org/ES/la-excepcion-se- …
Amnesty International · 28 October 2024 English
On the eve of President Daniel Noboa’s first year in office, the evidence suggests that human rights have suffered under the current administration, Amnesty International said today in a briefing …
in the city of Guayaquil, Noboa declared a state of emergency and an “internal armed conflict.” As part … throughout the country. While the nation-wide state of emergency officially ended in April 2024, the President … Ecuador’s prisons since the declaration of the state of emergency. Amnesty International has also received …
