| International Security, Development and Human Rights |
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| Monday, 13 July 2009 | |
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The research course "International
Security, Development and Human Rights - Policy Conversion or Conflict" took place on July 3 and 4, 2009 with success in Münster at the ifpol, WWU Münster.
Intra-state conflicts, poverty and deepening inequality have become major international concerns in the last decade. Significant advances have been made in addressing the causes and consequences of these conflicts and problems, leading to a reconsideration of the relationship between security, development and human rights. International actors are increasingly aware that these are interdependent and an integral part of comprehensive conflict management and sustainable development strategies. Yet, the policy commitments to integrating developmental, human rights and security considerations with fledging concepts such as “human security” and “the right to humanitarian intervention (R2P)” remain puzzling. One may find in certain circumstances that the logic of realist determinism still dominates. There are different, and sometimes competing, conceptions of human security in policy programming that may reflect different sociological/cultural and geostrategic orientations. To what extent is the conceptual link among security, development and human rights dependent on the context involved and with what interplay in the policy practice? For further reading and information:
You can find the presentation materials from seminar participants under "Hauptmenü - documents - Referate".
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