This chapter is drawn from the study that has been undertaken by the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC or Commission) on the ‘Protection of Individuals in the Event of Disasters’. Presently there is no comprehensive multilateral treaty existing at the international level that inculcates principles of law governing disasters albeit there are certain rules that have been codified in some multilateral treaties,1 at the global and regional levels, and in bilateral treaties and memoranda of understanding. The international law governing disaster response has developed into a complex set of rules governing the initiation of relief, issues of status and the provision of relief itself and questions of access. After the study was commissioned in 2007, the Special Rapporteur submitted five reports adopting draft articles.