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HUMAN SECURITY
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the study group on a human security doctrine for europe
In 2004, the study group on Europe's security capabilities, convened by Professor Mary Kaldor and coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, proposed a Human Security doctrine for Europe. It argued that in order to implement the European Security Strategy, Europe needs military forces to be configured and used in new ways.
The Human Security doctrine consists of seven
principles and the capabilities required to apply those
principles in practise - a human security response force
and a new legal framework.
The Study Group presented its report to EU Secretary-General Javier Solana in Barcelona on 15 September 2004.
In 2006, the Finnish Presidency of the EU asked the Centre for the Study of Global Governance to reconvene the Study Group and look at ways of taking forward a Human Security agenda within the European Union.
the concept of 'human security'
The idea of human security is an attempt to conceptualize the changing nature of security.
It recognizes that 'the security of one person, one community, one nation rests on the decisions
of many others - sometimes fortuitously, sometimes precariously', and that 'policies and institutions
must find new ways to protect individuals and communities
[...] ' (Commission on Human Security 2003: 2-4).
Follow-up study: the European Union and the Tsunami Response
The European response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 offers interesting new insights into the interplay between the relief, development and security policies of the European Union. A follow-up study to the work of the Study Group was undertaken, consisting of three working papers.
mine action and human security
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and located in the Centre
for the Study of Global Governance, Matthew Bolton has conducted research into how conceptions of security influence mine action.
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