This is a list of conferences and events scheduled to discuss human security and its interlinkages within a broad range of issues. Some of these events are organized by the United Nations and/or its specialized agencies while others are hosted by independent non-governmental organizations, research foundations or academic institutions.
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| Title of Event |
Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| Enhancing Human Security: Developing Capacities to Protect and Assist Victims of Human-Trafficking |
March 28-30 Jeju, Republic of Korea |
Jeju International Training Center (JITC) in cooperation with UNITAR |
Participants at the event will discuss issues related to human security and human trafficking.The workshop will cover the following areas: 1) Introduction of the concept of Human Security and its development, 2) Round table discussion on key challenges and ‘One-Stop Shop’ practices, 3) Overview of the regional trends of trafficking, 4) Lectures on protection of and assistance to victims, and 5) Bad/Good Practices and Key Case Studies in Protection of Victims.
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| Website: http://www.cifaljeju.org/index.php |
October 2011
| Title of Event |
Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| 4th Human Security Basic Course |
October 2011 Bangkok, Thailand |
Human Security Alliance |
This course has an average turnout of 250 international applicants each year, including both academics and practitioners. It will include seven modules consisting of human rights, development, peace-security and relevant mechanisms.
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| Website: http://www.humanrights-mu.org/index.php/community/international-conference |
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Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| International Istanbul Conference Human Security: New challenges, new perspectives |
October 27-28,2011 Istanbul, Turkey |
Centre for Peace & Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University; Kadir Has University; Akdeniz University; and Trakya University |
The purpose of this conference series is to explore the concept and approaches to human security with its new challenges and perspectives in Turkey. The conference series will provide a forum to explore how human security is perceived in Turkey at academic, policy and practical levels in terms of the difficulties faced and the responses that have been designed and undertaken. Themes include: State-centred security; the politics of human security; peace and conflict; reconstruction and development; environment; socio-cultural dimensions; and; the international context.
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| Website: http://www.humanrights-mu.org/index.php/community/international-conference |
November 2011
| Title of Event |
Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| Global Finance and Human Security: A Gender Perspective |
November 1-5, 2011 New Delhi, India |
Lady Shri Ram College for Women and the Heinrich Boll Foundation |
This conference aims to examine global financial crises and their implications on peoples' rights and human security in South Asia. It is open to under 35 year-old scholars; researchers and activists from South Asia who are interested in global finance and human security from a gender perspective.
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| Website: http://www.humanrights-mu.org/index.php/community/international-conference |
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Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| 20th General Conference of the IFSSO: Social Science Perspectives on Human Security |
November 18-20, 2011 Batangas City, Philippines |
International Federation of Social Science Organizations |
The conference aims to provide a venue for dialogue on human security among social scientists from different countries, academic institutions and research organizations. The concept of human security will be scrutinized using perspectivas from various social science disciplines such as Anthropology; Community Development; Demography; Economics; History; Human Geography; Law; Linguistics; Mass Communication; Political Science; Public Administration; Social Psychology; Social Work and; Sociology. Discussions will provide an opportunity to share theoretical perspectives and research outcomes.
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| Website: http://www.humanrights-mu.org/index.php/community/international-conference |
December 2011
| Title of Event |
Date and Venue |
Organization |
Themes and Participants |
| Social Reconstruction and Human Security |
Washington DC September 9 - December 16, 2011 |
United States Institute of Peace |
This course will explore challenges and opportunities for successful humanitarian assistance and longer-term needs for ensuring the social well-being and development of fragile states. It will serve as a forum on how social reconstruction and human security can enhance peace and stability operations, humanitarian assistance and development. It will highlight that enhancing social well-being in fragile states, such as the promotion of peaceful coexistence between parties to the conflict, dealing with the needs of refugees and displaced persons, and strengthening civil society, are all critical cornerstones for sustainable peace.
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| Website: http://www.usip.org/education-training/courses/enhancing-social-well-being-fragile-states |
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