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In the law of England and Wales 'vulnerable adult' is loosely defined. Section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 says: [14] 1) A person is a vulnerable adult if he has attained the age of 18 and— (a) he is in residential accommodation, (b) he is in sheltered housing, (c) he receives domiciliary care,
determines which law is to be applied in the circumstances; and who may be a vulnerable person establishes a system of central authorities which should cooperate, locate vulnerable adults and give information on the status of vulnerable persons to other authorities.
ISO 22395:2018, Security and resilience -- Community resilience -- Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency, is an international standard developed by ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience and published by the International Organization for Standardization in October 2018.
Pope Francis's chirograph for the Institution of a Pontifical Commission for the Protection of minors (22 March 2014) states: [2]. The aim of the Commission is to promote the protection of the dignity of minors and vulnerable adults, using the forms and methods, consonant with the nature of the Church, which they consider most appropriate, as well as through their cooperation with individuals ...
Researchers have noted that social vulnerability may be shaped by communication-related factors. People may become more vulnerable if they have trouble accessing, processing, or reacting upon information about risks and hazards. [15] The impact of social vulnerability in disasters has been investigated focusing on wildfires.
The Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, [1] sometimes referred to as a Relocation [2] Scheme, [3] is a programme of the United Kingdom government that plans to resettle 20 000 Syrian refugees from refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey over the period from September 2015 to May 2020. [4]
Between 2004 and 2013, an estimated. 3,350,449. people were forced from their homes, deprived of their land or had their livelihoods damaged because they lived in the path of a World Bank project.
A country can further declare to apply the convention to other forms of family maintenance: "any maintenance obligation arising from a family relationship, parentage, marriage or affinity, including in particular obligations in respect of vulnerable persons".