Right to disaster protection through the prism of crisis management systems in selected countries (N.Macedonia, Spain, and Bulgaria)

In this paper we elaborate the preconditions of realization of the right to protection in situations of disasters in three European countries - N. Macedonia, Spain, and Bulgaria, through overview of crisis management systems in those countries. Thus, regarding prevention, the risk assessment, the planning and the risk awareness raising, were analyzed, separately in each of these countries. Within emergency preparedness, the early warning systems were also analyzed. In addition, one of the research questions was the current emergency response, which was also analyzed in each of these countries. The aim of this paper is to identify the basic indicators of the current situation regarding disaster management, as well as to find out whether there is a need for improvement in some parts, in order to achieve full realization of the right to protection in situation of disaster. The research is based on analysis of the legal frameworks, official reports, and semi-structured interviews with representatives of the relevant state institutions in each of the countries