Haiti is party to several international conventions concerning international disaster response. However, although ratified international conventions are self-executing in Haitian law, in practice, the Haitian State has yet to adopt the administrative, legisla- tive and regulatory measures required to implement them. Current legislation concerning international disaster response is fragmented across various legal instruments, and numerous legal provisions were adopted in an ad hoc manner in the aftermath of the earthquake. The National Risk and Disaster Management Plan and the Emergency Response Plan are the main instruments for disaster management in Haiti, although they are not legally binding. They must be considered in conjunction with the State of Emergency Law of April 2010 (repealing the State of Emergency Law of September 2008).
