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August 2011

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Critical Connections: Human Rights, Human Development and Human Security	August 15-16, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand	Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok	This conference will explore critical convergences and divergences between human rights, human development and human security, seeking to close the gap between development in theory and in practice.
Website: http://www.humanrights-mu.org/index.php/community/international-conference

September 2011

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Enhancing Safety and Security: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience to Natural Hazards.	September 7-9, 2011 Seogwipo City, Republic of Korea	CIFAL, Jeju	This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the concept of human security and environmental security in the Asia-Pacific region. It will include—among other topics—an introduction to ways of identifying risk methods for reducing vulnerability; an overview of regional cooperation towards building resilience to natural hazards; integrating disaster relief and resilience in territorial planning and development strategies; good practices and key case studies in promoting public awareness for building resilience at the local level; improving disaster relief manuals to fit local realities. It aims to target high-level officials, local government representatives and technical officers, non-governmental organizations, community organizations, academic institutions and other local actors within the Asia-Pacific Region.
Website: www.cifaljeju.org/bbs/board.php

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security in the Practice of Peace Operations	September 5-30 (Web based)	UNITAR	The goal of the course is to present the concept of human security in terms of an organizing standard and to introduce the principles that inform the planning,implementation and evaluation of human security-oriented interventions in conflict and post-conflict settings. The course addresses civilians, military and police personnel eager to serve in peace operations. Participants are potential candidates for (or already hold) operational positions in peace operations.
Website: www.unitar.org/event/human-security-practice-peace-operations-ptp201117e

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security and Responsibility to Protect. Global Responses to International Obligations	September 7, 2011 Brussels, Belgium	Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	This event will include two panel discussions: one on a people-centered approach to human security and the other on the responsibility to protect. The first panel will discuss the paradigm of human security, its core elements and its added value. The second panel will present the international norm of the Responsibility to Protect populations from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing as adopted by the UN World Summit in 2005. Those attending will include politicians, academics, diplomats and civil servants from international organizations.
Website: www.eurocalendar.eu/september/642-human-security-and-responsibility-to-protect-global-responces-to-international-obligations

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
The Role of Women in Promoting Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa	September 23-25, 2011 Lund, Sweden	PeaceWomen	This conference aims to look at the linkages between gender, peace and developement. Its objectives are among others to raise awareness on: women's needs and situations in the Horn of Africa; to promote their participation in conflict prevention and resolution processes; and to promote networking between them and African peace organizations. Political scientists, sociologists, historians, economists, practitoners, lawyers, civics, institutions and policy makers are invited to share their inputs, presentations and points of views at this event.
Website: http://www.peacewomen.org/news_home.php

April 2011 onwards

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
4th Graz Workshop on the Future of Security - Sustainable Peace Building: Humanizing Peace and Conflict Studies	April 7-8, 2011 Graz, Austria	Institute of International Law and International Relations of the University of Graz; Human Security Focus Group of the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Graz, in cooperation with the Austrian National Defence Academy	During the workshop, young and emerging researchers on the pre- and postdoctoral level will discuss the impact of the humanization of peace and conflict studies on the understanding of sustainable peace building. Call for papers: until 15 January 2011 to HumanSecurity(at)uni-grazat.
Website: http://www.unigraz.at/vrewww/deutsch/aktuelles/4th_Graz_Workshop_on_the_Future_of_Security_-_7-8_April_2011_-_Call_for_papers%5B1%5D.pdf

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security and Security Strategy: Institutions and Policies in a European Perspective	May 26-29, 2011 Kiev, Ukraine	International Association for Institutional Studies, Ukraine	During this Jean Monnet International Conference, post-doctoral and advanced doctoral level students, young practitioners from civil society groups and policy staff from national governments and international organisations will conduct a thorough analysis of EU security strategy & policy and the national security strategies & policies of the countries of participating scholars. Human Security on Selected European Union Foreign Policy Agendas will be also discussed.
Website: http://www.stefanwolff.com/projects/human-security-and-security-strategy

March 2011

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Workshop on Human Security and Conflict in Northern Kenya: Capacity Building for Marsabit District	March 21-23, 2011 Nanyuki, Kenya	United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), University of Denver and University of Nairobi	Invited participants such as community leaders, planners, representatives of NGOs, CBOs will discuss means to reduce vulnerability and to increase human security of communities affected by conflict in Northern Kenya.
Website: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/wha/whatsnew_2011con1.htm#110321Kenya

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
International Conference on Migration, Development and Human Security	March 29-31, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand	World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology	The conference will bring together scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Migration, Development and Human Security, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Website: http://www.waset.org/conferences/2011/bangkok/icmdhs/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Enhancing Human Security: Developing Local Government Capacities to Combat Child Trafficking in the Asia-Pacific Region	March 30 - April 1, 2011 Jeju, Republic of Korea	Jeju International Training Center (JITC) in cooperation with UNITAR	Participants of the event will discuss issues related to the trafficking of children. The programme includes i) lectures on the human security concept, regional trends in trafficking and anti-trafficking measures, and prevention of human trafficking through various good practices at the local, national, and international levels; ii) assistance for local actors to better identify stakeholders and their roles; iii) city-to-city cooperation to improve capacity in planning and implementing policy measures to prevent human trafficking.
Website: http://www.cifaljeju.org/

January 2011

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
2011 Youth Town Meeting: Crimes Without Borders: Threats to Human Security	January 21, 2011 San Diego, USA	Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice	During the meeting, more than 700 middle and high school students from Southern California, Mexico and international exchange students will focus on local and international implications of human trafficking, illicit drug trade, transnational gangs, terrorism and small arms. Over 15 experts in the field from government, law enforcement and international NGOs will exchange with student delegates.
Website: http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/programs/world_link_youth/youth_town_meetings/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security and Migration Litigation Workshop	January, 27-28, 2011 London, United Kingdom	INTERIGHTS - the international centre for the legal protection of human rights	Lawyers and human rights activists, especially from Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the Caucasus, will discuss the vulnerabilities of migrants to a wide range of human rights abuses with a view to: i) facilitating cooperation and exchange of ideas and experiences between local lawyers; ii) achieving a better understanding of the nature and scale of violations occurring in this context; iii) examining legal strategies to address those violations; iv) increasing the capacity of participating lawyers and NGOs to litigate abuses of human rights; etc.
Website: http://www.interights.org/human-security-and-migration-litigation-workshop

December 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Interdisciplinary security studies - Symposium on the changing nature of security	December 8-10, 2010 Tampere, Finland	Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tampere; University Alliance Finland; YTI-ISR Institute for Social Research	Researchers, students and scholars will discuss the changing nature of security - from traditional military threats to economic security, energy and environmental security, human security, ontological security, security of identities, risk management in administration and management, and to many other related themes. Furthermore, terms such as 'danger', 'safety' or 'risk' will be discussed from a interdisciplinary perspective.
Website: http://www.uta.fi/english/news/events/item.html?v=2010&kk=12&id=54682

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Sustainable Future for Human Security	December 11-12, 2010 Kyoto, Japan	Kyoto University, Japan and the Indonesian Student Association (ISA) in Kansai, Japan	Participants of the international conference 'SustaiN'2010' will discuss the positive and negative impacts with regards to the use of natural resources, especially on the lives of communities. The conference aims at sharing ideas, innovations and breakthroughs from different research fields with a view to enhance cooperation among countries to prevent environmental disaster, poverty and hunger.
Website: http://www.ppi-kyoto.org/home

November 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
II. International Conference on Conflict Terrorism and Society - Putting People First: Terrorism and Human Security	November 2-4, 2010 Istanbul, Turkey	Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey	The conference aims to explore security within a multidisciplinary framework drawing insights from a number of research fields including international relations, peace and conflict studies, human rights and global communications as the purveyor of security discourses. Discussion papers are expected in the fields of: Human security: conceptual issues; Human Security, International Law and State Perspectives; Non-state actors and human security; Human security approach to counter terrorism; Human security and prevention of terrorism, etc.
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/societiesundersiege/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Ait-ku Joint Symposium on Human Security Engineering 2010	November, 25-26 2010 Bangkok, Thailand	Asian Institute of Technology and Kyoto University Global COE Program "Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities"	The symposium aims at deepening the understanding of urban human security engineering and to develop its policy and implementation. In addition, the symposium will contribute to strengthen the human security network between ASEAN countries.
Website: http://hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/events/post-87/

October 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Book presentation: "The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace"	October 18, 2010 New York, USA	Institute for International Law and Justice, Institute for International Law and Justice	LTC Shanon Beebe and Prof. Mary Kaldor will discuss their new book. Discussants: include Joanne Mariner, Human Rights Watch and Eyal Benvenisti, NYU School of Law Global Professor.
Website: http://www.iilj.org/newsandevents/UpcomingEvents.asp

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Biodiversity, Human Security and Regional Development	October, 19 2010 Nagoya, Japan	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Centre for Regional Development	This side event of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, includes some case studies and panel discussion on how biodiversity is important in ensuring human security and sustainable regional development.
Website: http://www.cbd.int/cop10/side-events/?mtg=cop-10

September 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security	September, 5-15 2010 Graz, Austria	European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC GRAZ)	The summer academy includes various training modules around the topic of human security, human rights and human rights education with a special focus on the local level. Target groups are young academics, young administration professionals and collaborators of non-governmental organisations from the European Union and South-eastern and Eastern Europe.
Website: http://www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Climate Change and Human Security	September, 6-8 2010 Rovaniemi, Finland	University of the Arctic, University of Lapland, Dartmouth College, University of Alaska, Fairbanks and the Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security	Among the main aims of the Workshop are: i) to discuss the real impacts of climate change to peoples and societies, and how they influence human security and regional development; ii) to define the importance of climate change and human security in the strategies and policies; iii) to promote the interplay between science and politics through a policy-oriented dialogue on inter-relations between climate change and human security, etc.
Website: http://www.nrf.is/index.php/nrf-calendar/details/39-climate-change-and-human-security-workshop

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Sea and Human Security - Governance Towards a Comprehensive Security for Seas and Ocean	September, 6-9 2010 Tokyo, Japan	United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	The training session aims at facilitating peer exchange, skills and knowledge development among key policy makers working in the field of marine and ocean affairs, in order to: i) identify key challenges in specific fields; ii) agree on targets in order to tackle identified problems; iii) design feasible action plans for policy implementation; and iv) develop an overall strategy taking into account interrelations between subject areas.
Website: http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/sea-and-human-security

August 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
ISS Workshop, Uganda: Environmental Crimes for Environmental Law Enforcement Officers in Eastern Africa	August, 2-6 2010 Kampala, Uganda	Institute Security Studies (ISS) and Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation(EAPCCO)	During the training, law enforcement officers from eight Eastern African countries will discuss the trans-boundary nature of environmental crime and the relationship between the environment and human security.
Website: http://www.iss.co.za/eventitem.php

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
3rd Basic Course on Human Security	August, 24-29 2010 Bangkok, Thailand	Human Security Alliance and Mahidol University	The course will cover the following themes: fundamentals of human security; conflict and human security; human security approach for women, children and minorities; emergency response, vulnerable groups and human security.
Website: http://www.hsa-int.net/

July 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
3rd annual Caux Forum for Human Security	July, 9-16 2010 Caux, Switzerland	Caux Forum for Human Security	The Forum will bring together people active in many aspects of human security – diplomats, politicians, academics, journalists, fieldworkers. 'Caux as a resource for the world's peace-makers': the third annual Forum of a 5-year programme aims at changing the traditional dynamic of diplomacy by encouraging greater listening, collaboration and attention to past hurts.
Website: http://www.caux.iofc.org/en/2010

June 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security, Climate Change, and Natural Disasters	June, 3 2010 Zurich, Switzerland	Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), the Centre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) of the ETH Zurich.	Speakers from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will participate in the Academic Council Debate Series will be on "Human Security, Climate Change, and Natural Disasters".
Website: http://www.cis.ethz.ch/events/index

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Climate Change and Security	June, 21-24 2010 Trondheim, Norway	The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters	The purpose of this conference is to examine the broad security implications of climate change. Participants will discuss social consequences and economic effects of climate change as well as implications of climate change for violent armed conflict and for human livelihoods. One of the topics focuses on 'Climate change adaptation, human security and well-being'.
Website: http://climsec.prio.no/

May 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
What does it mean to be secure? Human security in our region	May, 5 2010 Sydney, Australia	One Just World and the University of Sydney	During the forum discussion, academics, journalists, governmental representatives and civil society actors will interact on the meaning of the human security concept for Australia, the region and the people who live there.
Website: http://www.onejustworld.com.au

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: human security and the new rules of war and peace	May, 26 2010 London, United Kingdom	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	A panel of speakers will explore the possibility of stabilising the dangerous neighbourhoods of the world through the implementation of human security ideas and discuss the publication The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace written by Shannon D Beebe and Professor Mary Kaldor.
Website: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2010/20100526t1830vOT.aspx

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Transnational, National and Local Approaches to Human Security in South-East Asia	May, 28-29 2010 Vienna, Austria	Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS), Austria	Participants of the conference will discuss Human Security approaches in South-East Asia and their implementation effects through case studies. A third panel will give young scholars an opportunity to present their current research on South-East Asia.
Website: http://www.seas.at/?p=1234

March 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human security in the Arab world: Defining a role for Europe	March 9, 2010 Brussels, Belgium	The Development Policy Forum	Panelists from UNDP, European Commission, Amnesty International and Friends of Europe will debate on the concept of human security and its increasing attention from policy-makers and analysts in regions around the world, focusing especially on the 2009 Arab Human Development Report which focused on human security in the Arab world.
Website: http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Home/tabid/454/Default.aspx

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
New Perspectives on Gender and Human Security Workshop	March, 19-20 2010 Madison, USA	University of Wisconsin–Madison	During the workshop, participants will discuss cutting edge work that engages with or adopts a gendered approach to the study of human security, i.e., threats to people's livelihood, well-being and bodily integrity resulting, for example, from conflict of all kinds, environmental degradation, the spread of infectious diseases, massive population movements, economic decline, food insecurity, and physical violence.
Website: http://genderhumansecurity.wordpress.com/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Global Health and Human Security	March, 26-28 2010 Vancouver, Canada	Liu Institute for Global Issues	Participants will discuss the interdisciplinary nature of global health, and the interconnectedness between the lack of access to essential medicines and human security with a view top develop a set of policy proposals that could be put into practice nationally as well as explore ways to engage with the issue locally and regionally.
Website: http://www.ghhs2010.ca/

February 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security and Conflict in Northern Kenya: Report Launching Workshop and Consultative Meeting on Capacity-Building Programme	February, 8-9 2010 Nairobi, Kenya	UNCRD, University of Denver and University of Nairobi	The main objective of the workshop is mainly to launch the report, "Human Security and Conflict in Northern Kenya: Assessment, Capacity-Building and Operational Tools to Promote Sustainable Livelihoods and Conflict Management," which has been prepared by the research team from UNCRD, University of Denver, and University of Nairobi; and also discuss the next phase of the project, which is capacity building.
Website: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/wha/index.htm#100208Africa

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Roundtable Discussion on Regional Dimensions of Human Security	February, 10 2010 Geneva, Switzerland	UNU-CRIS and Geneva Centre for Security Policy	Diplomats, representatives from regional organizations, permanent missions, the UN, academia and civil society organizations are invited to discuss the recent GARNET Policy Brief entitled "The Regional Dimensions of Human Security" which examines the role of regional organizations in implementing human security.
Website: http://www.cris.unu.edu/Upcoming-Events.23.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=779&cHash=6db42cba2c

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Training Course - Human Security in the Practice of Peace Operations	February, 15-19 2010 Kuopio, Finland	UNITAR and Crisis Management Center (CMC)	During the training course, participants will discuss the concept of human security in terms of an organizing standard as well as four operational principles that inform the planning, implementation and evaluation of human security-oriented operations in conflict and post-conflict.
Website: http://www.unitar.org/ptp/Human_Security

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Realizing Human Security in Asia	February, 23 2010 Tokyo, Japan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and University of Tokyo	During the Symposium, officials of MOFA and ASEAN, UN employees and academia will discuss practical implementations of human security as well as challenges towards enhancing human security in Asia. In Addition, future collaboration between Japan and regional organizations such as ASEAN will be discussed.
Website: http://human-security.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/symposium/sympo20100223eng.htm

January 2010

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Building Alliances for Human Security in the WANA Region	January, 27-28 2010 Alexandria, Egypt	Regional Human Security, Amman and Institute for Peace Studies, Alexandria	This two-day event is the beginning of a series of regional seminars which will bring together representatives of government, multi-lateral, academic, research and policy development institutions, as well as non-governmental organizations from the West Asia and North Africa Region to promote dialogue and partnerships around the challenges to human security in the WANA region. The event aims at addressing human security issues through the development of relationships, alliances, networks and shared understanding of problems common to the region.
Website: http://www.rhsc.org.jo/node/167

December 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Peacemaking in West Africa: Historical Methods and Modern Applications	December, 12-15 2009 Dakar, Senegal	WARA/WARC Peace Initiative in West Africa	Participants of this conference seek to examine successful handling of potential conflicts that have been resolved in their early stages, as well as the range of ancient, historic and contemporary tools for mediation in Africa.
Website: http://www.initiativedepaix.org/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Pathways to Reconciliation Summit: Human Security through Community Engagement	December, 14-17 2009 Amman, Jordan	Hosted by HRH Prince Hassan of Jordan and organized by a group led by Melbourne's RMIT and Monash Universities	The international summit is bringing together international reconciliation experts to address how to better respond to violence and conflict by engaging locally and co-operating globally. Other objectives of the summit include the creation of selected exemplary reconciliation projects, the inauguration of a Global Reconciliation Forum to support reconciliation processes, and the publication of a major book based on the conference proceedings.
Website: http://www.global-cities.info/home

November 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
The neglected agenda: protecting children without adequate parental care	November, 30 - December 3, 2009 Wilton Park, United Kingdom	Wilton Park, West Sussex, United Kingdom	Participants of the conference will discuss the issue of children in need of protection from neglect and abuse and linkages to multiple threats such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, etc. Further to this, participants will then consider how best Governments, donors, and other actors can help to protect and care for children without adequate family care.
Website: http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/themes/environment/conference.aspx?confref=WP1010/a>

October 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Peacekeeping and civilian protection	October, 27-27 2009 Wilton Park, United Kingdom	Wilton Park, West Sussex, United Kingdom	This conference will discuss the protection of civilian populations in contexts of peacekeeping. It will critically examine the challenges of protecting civilians in conflict and post-conflict situations and the role of peacekeeping operations in helping address these challenges. The conference will also consider needs and methodologies for more effective peacekeeping training on civilian protection, and suggest mechanisms for strengthening civilian protection in field missions across the world.
Website: http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk

September 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
UNITAR Series on Sea and Human Security - 2009 Session	September, 27 - October, 2 2009 Hiroshima, Japan	United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Hiroshima Office, Japan	During the session, participants will discuss issues such as "Interrelations between habitats, ecosystems and human food security", "Strategies for disaster management and risk reduction", etc. in order to: i) identify key challenges; ii) agree on targets in order to tackle identified problems; iii) design feasible action plans for policy implementation; and iv) develop an overall strategy taking into account interrelations between subject areas.
Website: http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/unitar-activities/sea-and-human-security/09

August 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Climate Change, Resources, Migration: Old and New Sources of Conflict in Africa?	August, 3-4 2009 Cape Town, South Africa	Heinrich Böll Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa	Participants such as political, academic, and civil society representatives from the continent, as well as beyond, will discuss the current state of Africa's security architecture and analyze the present and anticipated influence of climate change, resource management and migration on Africa's security.
Website: http://www.boell.org.za

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Victimology and Human Security - 13th International Symposium on Victimology	August, 23-28 2009 Mito, Japan	World Society of Victimology & Tokiwa University	During the symposium, participants will discuss issues such as 'Theory on Victimology and Human Security'; 'the Draft UN Convention on Victims in the light of international instruments and national norms'; 'Victims of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and other transnational victimizations'; 'Protecting and Empowering Victims through the Human Security Concept'; 'Refugees and Human Security: the relationship of the UNHCR to Victimology', etc.
Website: http://www.isv2009.com

July 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
ISA - ABRI Conference: Diversity and Inequality in World Politics	July, 22-24 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	International Studies Association - ISA & Brazilian International Relations Association - ABRI	Participants will discuss the profound changes in the international system after the Cold War and, inter alia, whether multilateral institutions can offer positive solutions to new and dangerous dynamics. Numerous sessions will cover issues such as: "International Security: Key Concepts, Alternative Views", "Identities as Conflict Zones", "Innovations In Peacekeeping", "The End of Neo-Liberalism? Development and Security in a Globalizing World", etc.
Website: http://www.isanet.org/rio2009/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy – a people-focused approach to globalization	July, 24-29 2009 Caux, Switzerland	CAUX-Initiatives of Change	Participants (young professionals, business school students, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, farmers, media professionals, academics, NGOs, etc) will discuss challenges in the global economy such as food shortages, crises in financial systems, the impact of climate change and rising energy costs, as well as people-centered solutions.
Website: http://www.cauxbusiness.com/

June 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Human Security in an Era of Global Change	June 22-24 2009 Oslo, Norway	The Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)	The GECHS Synthesis Conference represents an opportunity to synthesize the results of 10 years of research on the human security theme and to gather researchers, policy makers and stakeholders from different fields to discuss the interactions between various processes of change and what they mean for human security.
Website: http://www.gechs.org/

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Interactive Seminar on Global Issues - Protracted Refugee Situations	June, 30 2009 Tokyo, Japan	United Nations University	In this seminar Edward Newman, co-editor of the recently published UNU Press volume Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications, will present the results of a number of projects on protracted refugee situations, highlighting the political, social and security implications which arise from prolonged human displacement.
Website: http://www.unu.edu/isgi/

May 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
6th Global Conference on War, Virtual War & Human Security	May, 1-3 2009 Budapest, Hungary	Inter-Disciplinary.Net and University of Calgary	This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation of the nature, purpose and experience of war, and its impacts on all aspects of security, human security and to communities across the world.
Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ptb/wvw/wvw6/cfp.html

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Workshop: how can the law help reduce group-based inequalities?	May, 14-15 2009 Guatemala	Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE)	Scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas will investigate group-based inequalities and their relationship with violent conflicts. The workshop also aims at identifying the legal instruments and policies which reduce group-based inequalities, paying particular attention to issues such as: equal status law, human rights, international law and instruments; and legal policies in the context of weak institutions.
Website: http://www.crise.ox.ac.uk

April 2009

Title of Event	Date and Venue	Organization	Themes and Participants
Eliminating Human Insecurity: Local, Regional and Global Governance	April 2009	Human Security Working Group (British International Studies Association)	Initial topic proposals include power and global governance; conceptualising human security; operationalizing the idea further; and health security. Interested participants are invited to propose additional topics.
Website: http://www.bisa.ac.uk/