Introduction The purpose of this checklist is to provide government agencies, officials, and organisations involved in the emergency response to natural disasters, emergencies and adverse climate related events with guidance regarding key human rights issues and potential violations during response, recovery and preparedness activities. It is also useful for affected persons to see themselves as rights-holders, as opposed to passive beneficiaries of charity and to ensure they can hold duty-bearers, like local and central government agencies or in some circumstances businesses, to account. This document begins by providing general guidance on the obligations of the state during a disaster. Following this, it provides a list of questions for duty bearers to consider prior, in response and when recovering to a disaster. However, this document is not an exhaustive list of human rights considerations but rather a starting point to understand how to integrate human rights during response, relief and recovery efforts. 1