Canadian Consortium on Human Security

Web Resources

1. International Peace Academy Database of Researchers on International Private Security

 

IPA has been working with governments, international organizations and civil society to improve regulation of the international private military and security industry for over two years. Following more than 6 months of consultations, IPA has produced a database of more than 150 researchers working in this field. It contains details of researchers from around the world writing in many languages, their prior publications, areas of research focus, current work, and contact details. The database will facilitate the effective regulation of international private security by improving coordination of research, commentary and civil society input into existing and new regulatory processes. Listing in the database is open to all independent researchers from academia and civil society organizations, anywhere in the world, writing in any language… more

2. Institute for International Law and Justice: Project on Private Military and Security Companies

 

Private Military Companies play an increasingly significant role in military affairs. Their emergence as important actors in armed conflicts and as security providers in unstable states raises questions about the role of the nation state as the primary military actor. The IILJ Project aims to help develop a normative framework for private military companies’ (PMC) operations that will form the context for private engagements in states at risk. A key strategy of the project is… more

3. The Swiss Initiative on private military and security companies

 

Switzerland commits, at international level, to ensuring that private military and security companies operating in areas of conflict show greater respect for international law and human rights. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have launched an initiative to confirm existing legal obligations of the actors and develop non-binding good practices… more

 

Publications

Human Security and International Law: Prospects and Problems

Barbara von Tigerstrom

 

The concept of 'human security' has influenced discourse and practice and has been the subject of vigorous debate. Despite its relevance to central questions of international law, human security has until recently received little attention from international lawyers. This book has two related goals: to evaluate human security as a concept that could be used in the analysis of international law, and to determine what insights about a human security approach might be gained by considering it from the perspective of international law… more

Call for Papers

Third Annual Conference on Human Security, Terrorism and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans: The influence of transnational terrorist and criminal organizations on the state and on the society

 

The conference is scheduled to be held from 2 - 4 October 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. It will offer researchers a platform to present and discuss project results on the issues of human security, terrorism and organized crime in the Western Balkan region. The working language of the conference will be English and all presentations/papers will be in English. Suggestions received by 31 March 2008 will enjoy priority consideration by a conference-planning group in Lisbon in early April 2008… more

Conference

Second Human Security and Cities Conference

 

From March 3-4, 2008, CCHS in conjunction with DFAIT hosted the second Human Security and Cities conference at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. The conference brought together over 40 Canadian and international academics, policy-makers and graduate research award winners to discuss the key themes of the evolving Human Security and Cities agenda. These key themes include: The Failure of Public Security, Endemic Urban Violence, Conflict Resilient Cities and issues of Municipal Governance and Democratization. For the conference vision document, please click here.