How can you employ human security for community development?
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The concept of human security has come a long way since its introduction in the UNDP Human Development Report in 1994.
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The concept of human security has come a long way since its introduction in the UNDP Human Development Report in 1994. There are now a number of global and regional initiatives aimed at promoting human security issues. However, the achievements over the last two decades may be less impressive when one starts to explicate the progress of each of the key elements subsumed under the broad concept of human security. This paper will examine the extent to which community security, as one of the elements of human security, has been advanced through the security discourses and practices in the international arena. Using ASEAN as a case study, the paper argues that the massive gaps in human development, security and democracy hinder progress in promoting community security. The paper further argues that in developing states, community security is still very much the domain of the state.
“Human Security complements state security, strengthens human development and enhances
human rights” (CHS: 2003: 2). Yet the question often arises as to what are the substantive
differences between these concepts. Significant among these are the following:
Whereas state security concentrates on threats directed against the state, mainly in the form of
military attacks, human security draws attention to a wide scope of threats faced by individuals
and communities. It focuses on root causes of insecurities and advances people-centered
solutions that are locally driven, comprehensive and sustainable. As such, it involves a broader
range of actors: e.g. local communities, international organizations, civil society as well as the
state itself. Human security, however, is not intended to displace state security. Instead, their
relationship is complementary: “human security and state security are mutually reinforcing and
dependent on each other. Without human security, state security cannot be attained and vice
versa” (CHS: 2003: 6).
To human development’s objective of ‘growth with equity’, human security adds the important
dimension of ‘downturn with security’. Human security acknowledges that as a result of
downturns such as conflicts, economic and financial crises, ill health, and natural disasters,
people are faced with sudden insecurities and deprivations. These not only undo years of
development but also generate conditions within which grievances can lead to growing
tensions. Therefore, in addition to its emphasis on human well-being, human security is driven
by values relating to security, stability and sustainability of development gains.
Lastly, too often gross violations of human rights result in conflicts, displacement, and human
suffering on a massive scale. In this regard, human security underscores the universality and
primacy of a set of rights and freedoms that are fundamental for human life. Human security
makes no distinction between different kinds of human rights – civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights thereby addressing violations and threats in a multidimensional and
comprehensive way. It introduces a practical framework for identifying the specific rights that
are at stake in a particular situation of insecurity and for considering the institutional and
governance arrangements that are needed to exercise and sustain them.