This paper evaluates international disaster law and current approaches to dealing with challenges that the field of disaster relief is now facing. Starting with a comprehensive evaluation of the International Law Committee’s Draft Articles on the Prevention of Persons in the Event of Disaster the conclusion made is that these articles would have little impact on current methods of relief. The creation of actionable policies that support international cooperation are devised and suggested through a geographic analysis of the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) warehouse locations as well as an analysis on the policies adopted by relief agencies on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Policy suggestions include the expansion of the UNHRD network into East Africa and along the Eastern Coast of South America, more robust safeguarding policies to protect beneficiaries from the abuse of power by relief workers, and the creation of a minimum capacity for response modeled after the WHO’s agreement on early warning systems for new diseases.