A/HRC/27/57 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation,14 such as the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, the Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, the Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action, the Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters and the Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings; (b) The Sphere Project, a voluntary initiative that brings a wide range of humanitarian agencies together around a common aim, that of improving the quality of humanitarian assistance and the accountability of humanitarian actors to their constituents, donors and affected populations. Established in 1997, the Sphere Project is not a membership organization. Governed by a Board composed of representatives of global networks of humanitarian agencies, the Sphere Project is a vibrant community of humanitarian response practitioners;15 (c) The standards, training, code of conduct and certification of the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, established in 2003;16 (d) The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters;17 (e) The Global Humanitarian Platform, a mechanism established in 2006 to increase coordination between the United Nations and non-United Nations humanitarian organizations; (f) The 2007 Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance (IDRL Guidelines) and the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief (30 November 2007); (g) The 2009 manual entitled International Law and Standards Applicable in Natural Disaster Situations of the International Development Law Organization; (h) The Minimum Inter-Agency Standards for Protection Mainstreaming, published by World Vision in 2012;18 (i) The Food Assistance Convention, which entered into force on 1 January 2013; (j) The Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its nineteenth session, in November 2013. The mechanism was established under the Cancun Adaptation Framework to address loss and damage associated with impacts of climate change, including extreme events and slow onset events, in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.19 29. With regard to international humanitarian law, the International Committee of the Red Cross, established in 1863, and the founding member of the International Federation of 14 15 16 17 18 19 Established in June 1992 in response to General Assembly resolution 46/182 on the strengthening of humanitarian assistance. See www.sphereproject.org/. See www.hapinternational.org/. Available from www.unisdr.org/files/1037_hyogoframeworkforactionenglish.pdf. Available from www.humanitarianresponse.info/topics/procap/document/world-vision-minimuminter-agency-standards-protection-mainstreaming-march. Available from http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/warsaw_nov_2013/insession/application/pdf/fccc.cp.2013.l.15.pdf. 9