Human Security
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi speaks
at the 1998 Intellectual Dialogue
on Building Asia's Tomorrow
Human security goes beyond concerns about the security of nation-states and their borders to encompass interrelated issues such as disease, environmental degradation, transnational terrorism, and population movements that give rise to insecurity in peoples' lives and ultimately threaten socioeconomic development, political stability, and the security of nation-states. Since the late 1990s, JCIE has been actively exploring the potential of human security as a new policy framework and has sought ways to translate the concept into concrete action.
Recent Projects
- Global Health and Human Security Program (2007–present)
- Community Perspectives on Human Security (2007–present)
- Human Security Approaches to HIV/AIDS in Asia and Africa (2005–present)
- Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (2004–present)
- Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia—Exploring Effective Regional and Global Responses (2004)
- Human Security in the United Nations (2003–2004)
- Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow (1998–2003)
- Fifth Intellectual Dialogue—Implementing the Human Security Concept: Exploring Approaches to Evaluating Human Security Projects (2003)
- Fourth Intellectual Dialogue—Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action (2002)
- Third Intellectual Dialogue—Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security (2000)
- Second Intellectual Dialogue—Sustainable Development and Human Security (1999)
- An Intellectual Dialogue—The Asian Crisis and Human Security (1998)
Reports and Research Online
- "Global Health, Human Security, and Japan's Contributions," Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contribution, Final Report, May 2008 [pdf 144kb]
- "Human Security Approach for Global Health," Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contribution, The Lancet, July 2008 [pdf 48kb]
- "Human Security Approaches: Health as a Global Public Good," Mely Caballero-Anthony in East Asian Regional Cooperation in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, 2007 [pdf 111kb]
- Fighting a Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia, ed. Tadashi Yamamoto and Satoko Ito, 2006 [publication page with full text in .pdf]
- East Asian Regional Responses to AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, 2006 [full text, pdf 1.58MB]
- Human Security in the United Nations, 2004 [pdf 1.8MB]
- Japan's Response to the Spread of HIV/AIDS, 2004 [pdf 500kb]
- The Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases: Exploring Effective Regional and Global Responses, 2004 [pdf 1.2MB]
- "The Way Forward: Human Security Beyond Discourse to Action," Mely Caballero-Anthony in Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action—Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 44kb]
- "Evolution of the Human Security Concept," Keizo Takemi in Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action—Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 44kb]
- "Human Security as a Policy Framework for New Cooperation in Asia," Surin Pitsuwan in Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action—Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 32kb]
- "Overview of Health and Human Security Case Studies," Mely Caballero-Anthony in Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action—Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 84kb]
- "Fires and Haze in Southeast Asia," Simon S.C.Tay in Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security—Third Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 120kb]
- "The Social Investment Fund in Thailand," Ammar Siamwala and Srawooth Paitoonpong in Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security—Third Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 2002 [pdf 216kb]
- "Beyond the Crisis: Development Strategies in Asia," Amartya Sen in Sustainable Development and Human Security—Second Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, 1999 [pdf 172kb]
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Publications
- "Global Health, Human Security, and Japan's Contributions," Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contribution, Final Report, May 2008 [pdf 144kb]
- Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia, Susan Hubbard and Tomoko Suzuki, 2008
- East Asian Regional Cooperation in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, 2007 (conference report web page)
- Fighting a Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia, Tadashi Yamamoto and Satoko Itoh, editors, 2006
- East Asian Regional Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 2006
- Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action—Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, Pamela J. Noda, editor, 2002
- Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security—Third Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, Pamela J. Noda, editor, 2002
- Sustainable Development and Human Security—Second Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, Pamela J. Noda, editor, 1999
- The Asian Crisis and Human Security—An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow, Pamela J. Noda, editor, 1999
- The New Security Agenda: A Global Survey, Paul B. Stares, editor, 1998
Related Activities/Resources
- Force, Intervention, and Sovereignty (2001-2003)
- New Approaches to Preventive Diplomacy (1999-2003)
- Governance and Sustainable Systems of Development (1998-1999)
- Human Security Commission Website: "Human Security Now: Protecting and Empowering People"