scholarly journals Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Human Security and Human Rights under International Law: The Protections Offered to Persons Confronting Structural Vulnerability

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-556
Author(s):  
Alexander Gilder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Structural Vulnerability

The International Law of Peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Cecilia M. Bailliet
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Jus Post Bellum ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Peace Treaties

Contemporary international law is in a state of flux based on shifts within the geopolitical order. This chapter discusses the normative evolution of the concept of peace international law from peaceful coexistence to the current identification of a right to peace and discusses the interface with the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. It discusses a wide range of dilemmas presented by peace treaties, Jus Post Bellum, and the interface between the umbrella terms of Human Security, Security, and Peace. The chapter suggests that these normative iterations represent a watershed in human rights and international law as non-Western approaches to conflict prevention gain traction.

The ‘Responsibility to Prevent’: A Remit for Intervention?

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Oman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
Political Communities ◽  
Contemporary Account

We are experiencing a transitional moment in international law. What once seemed to be an unstoppable evolution toward cosmopolitan constitutionalism now appears as a fragile and easily reversible trend, threatened both by the imperial disregard of international legality by recent U.S. administrations and by the disinterest or active opposition of a group of states that was classified as ‘uncivilized’ in nineteenth century international law. A powerful account of the differences between these states -- former colonies and satellites of great powers – and the predominantly western states whose publics take for granted human rights culture has captured the imagination of international elites. The contemporary account of the differences between western European-descended political communities and the ‘others’ focuses on democratic governance, human rights, and human security. One important element of this narrative is the emerging international legal concept of the ‘responsibility to protect,’ often promoted as a means of securing the preceding three goods. This paper considers the recommendations of the 2001 report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) concerning a subsidiary element of the responsibility to protect termed the ‘responsibility to prevent.’ It argues that the prescriptions associated with the responsibility to prevent rest upon a set of prevailing assumptions about the root causes of threats to human security that are not tenable or not proven, and which both rely upon and reinforce the dualistic narrative of lawful and outlaw states that now dominates international public policy-making in western countries. Further, it shows how the model of legalization of humanitarian intervention proposed by ICISS is susceptible to cooptation by the democracy promotion project frequently associated with the liberal peace thesis. Finally, the paper recommends that only a stripped-down version of the ICISS recommendations, limited to the ‘responsibility to react,’ should be legalized, primarily because of the current absence of a reasonable degree of intercultural agreement on a substantive grounding for a muscular interpretation of a responsibility to prevent that includes root cause prevention.

scholarly journals Realization of Human Security in Light of Good Governance

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Maedeh Samadi ◽  
Seyyed Bagher Mirabbassi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
International Rights ◽  
The Face ◽  
Developmental Performance

Support of human rights and the appearance of “human security” issue in the new system of international law as a newfangled concept, has led to a change in traditional outlook towards security. In the present paper beside taking into consideration the concept of security in Realist and Liberal Perspectives, the developmental performance of the state regarding enforcement of rules (as the first serious addressee of providing and guaranteeing human rights in international rights system) from national security with a focus on human security in the context of good governance was considered as well. The primary objective of the study was to understand the effect of good governance on human security realization. In such a way that states would be able to increase the coefficient of human security provision and guaranty by changing the method of governance in their territory. Also, reforming the governance structure besides taking steps to strengthen individuals in the face of human insecurity is also a coherent approach to providing a helpful background for civil society.

scholarly journals Human security, human rights and international law, and interactions between them

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-192
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Szpak
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Security

Autorka analizuje związek między prawem międzynarodowym a koncepcją bez­pieczeństwa ludzkiego, które pojawiła się w latach 90-tych XX wieku. Artykuł jest podzielony na trzy części. Część 1 przedstawia pojęcie bezpieczeństwa ludzkiego, jego genezę i treść. Część 2 analizuje relacje między bezpieczeństwem ludzkim a pra­wem międzynarodowym i krótko rozważa najbardziej reprezentatywne aspekty prawa międzynarodowego, w tym międzynarodowego orzecznictwa, które w opinii autorki odzwierciedlają imperatywy bezpieczeństwa ludzkiego. Wreszcie wnioski końcowe dostarczają odpowiedzi na postawione pytania i wskazują na wartość dodaną koncep­cji bezpieczeństwa ludzkiego. Pytania brzmią następująco: W jaki sposób bezpieczeń­stwo ludzkie może wzmocnić działania międzynarodowe (działania oparte na prawie międzynarodowym)? Gdzie w prawie międzynarodowym odzwierciedlone jest bez­pieczeństwo ludzkie? Jaka jest rola prawa międzynarodowego dla bezpieczeństwa ludzkiego? Biorąc to wszystko pod uwagę, jaka jest wartość dodana przyjęcia kon­cepcji bezpieczeństwa ludzkiego? Artykuł ten jest nieuchronnie interdyscyplinarny, ponieważ łączy perspektywy prawa międzynarodowego i stosunków międzynarodo­wych.

scholarly journals International law, indicators and global governance = Derecho internacional, indicadores y gobernanza global

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Dorothy Estrada Tanck
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract: The use of indicators in international law and global governance has recently developed as a basis for evaluation, decision-making and conceptual and methodological legitimation. This study will analyse the use of different measurement devices constructed at the international level. It will consider the assessment of the state of human security as a case study, placing a particular focus on the relationship of ‘narrow’ and ‘broad’ views of human security to all human rights: civil, political, economic, social and cultural, and incorporating the aggravated human security risks encountered globally by women and girls. As a result, the text presents a proposal of a more holistic and operational measurement of human security based on a gendered and human rights based-approach.Keywords: indicators, international law, global governance, human security, human rights.Resumen: El uso de indicadores en el derecho internacional y la gobernanza global ha crecido recientemente como base para la evaluación, la toma de decisiones y la legitimación conceptual y metodológica. Este estudio analizará el uso de diferentes dispositivos de medición construidos a nivel internacional. Considerará la evaluación del estado de la seguridad humana como un estudio de caso, prestando especial atención a la relación de la seguridad humana, en su concepción ‘estrecha’ y ‘amplia’, con todos los derechos humanos: civiles, políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales, e incorporando la perspectiva de los riesgos agravados de seguridad humana que enfrentan las mujeres y las niñas a nivel global. Como resultado, el texto presenta una propuesta de medición de la seguridad humana más integral y operativa basada en un enfoque de género y de derechos humanos.Palabras clave: indicadores, derecho internacional, gobernanza global, seguridad humana, derechos humanos.

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