Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE)

The Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) reflects the systematic consolidation of gender equality principles and key international human rights-based standards and guidelines relevant to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It was developed through a partnership between the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the Stockholm Environment Institute, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency under the ‘Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-Adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific Programme’ (BRDR), supported by Sida.

 

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Upcoming FIRE events

On 24 April RWI, in partnership with the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) Network, will host a 1-hour webinar introducing FIRE and showcasing how it has been used in practical contexts in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Indonesia, with panelists from partner organizations in each country. Follow the link for more information and to register.

 

Introducing FIRE

FIRE has been used in a range of contexts including analysis of law and policy relating to land use planning, design of research relating to municipal-level pandemic preparedness and response, and training on rights-based and inclusive approaches to emergency preparedness for response. FIRE has also been used to structure a public sector innovation programme relating to climate displacement in African cities and a new initiative on rights-based climate adaptation in Armenia and Georgia, which bridges human rights and climate adaptation communities of practice. The Framework supports the operationalization of the human rights and gender equality ambitions reflected in the post-2015 frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the New Urban Agenda, the Kunming-Montreal Framework on Biodiversity, the Agenda for Humanity and the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. It is based on six interconnected dimensions:

Description of FIRE dimensions:

Short intro to FIRE

FIRE at GPDRR

FIRE webinar for Paris Committee on Capacity Building Network

The right to water and FIRE

Key documents

FIRE 2-pager

 

FIRE International Standards & Guidelines

 

FIRE Training Manual on Emergency Preparedness for Response

 

Human Rights Provisions Relevant to DRR & CCA

 

Human Rights in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

 

Team

Matthew Scott

Matthew Scott

Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment Thematic Area

E-mail: matthew.scott@rwi.lu.se

Matthew Scott is senior researcher and leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He is also associate professor and adjunct senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Lund University. His work focuses on integrating social science perspectives with international legal standards to promote context-sensitive, human rights-based law, policy and practice relating to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. This work is guided by the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE), which he has pioneered through a series of collaborations with academic and development partners in Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe. His primary area of expertise concerns human mobility in the context of disasters and climate change, on which he has published widely. Current research and programming interests concern urban climate-related human mobility, building resilience to pandemic risk, and rights-based climate adaptation using the FIRE framework.

He holds a PhD in Public International Law from Lund University and a MA in Social Anthropology of Development from SOAS. He practiced immigration and asylum law in London before entering academia. He is a member of the advisory committee of the Platform on Disaster Displacement and the editorial board of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law, and a founding member of the Nordic Network on Climate Related Displacement and Mobility and the Asia-Pacific Academic Network on Disaster Displacement.

At Lund University he convenes the introduction to human rights law course and the short course on human rights law, the environment and climate change on the LLM in international human rights law programme. He also lectures on the MSc programme in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

For further updates on his research, please refer to his Research profile:

https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/matthew-scott

 

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Windi Arini

Windi Arini

Country Director (a.i.), Indonesia

E-mail: windi.arini@rwi.lu.se

Windi is currently the Country Director (a.i.) in Indonesia. She manages activities on localizing human rights in the context of SDGs in Asia Pacific and RWIs engagement with young people in the region. Her multidimensional role also allows her to oversee the national programmes in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

She graduated from Atma Jaya Catholic University (Faculty of Law) in 2010 and dedicated the following years working at a law firm targeting capacity building for the Indonesian military. As a committed and passionate young professional, she taught foundational knowledge on international humanitarian law to the Indonesian military.

After obtaining her master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Oslo, she spent almost 4 years as a human rights officer at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She worked on various thematic areas including children and women’s rights, business human rights, as well as the rights of persons with disabilities. She provided technical support and managed projects for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR).

When Windi is not in the office, she enjoys reading, traveling, and is very fond of spicy food.

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