Research Handbook on International Law and Human Security

Edited by Gerd Oberleitner, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, Faculty of Law, University of Graz, Austria

‘The principles and values of human security are as relevant as they ever were to the challenges faced by the world, but the obstacles to human security remain formidable in an inhospitable political environment. This collection, bringing together scholars from across the globe, presents original and insightful perspectives on a range of themes related to human security, with an emphasis upon international law. It genuinely takes the human security debate forward, and it is an excellent resource for researchers, students and policy analysts.’

• Contents:Editor and contributors viiiIntroduction 1Gerd OberleitnerPART I UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SECURITY ININTERNATIONAL LAW: CONCEPT, PRACTICE, ACTORS1 Human security and international law: why? how? 25Shireen Daft2 Security: national, international, human 40Laura Neack3 Human security and the United Nations 59Alistair D. Edgar4 Human security and non-state actors 75Cedric RyngaertPART II HUMAN SECURITY: PRESERVING PEACE ANDPROTECTING PEOPLE5 The Security Council: collective security and peacekeeping for human security 92Hitoshi Nasu6 Human security in armed conflict: norms, agendas and actors forprotecting civilians 107Miriam Bradley7 Attaining human security by disarming 126Denise Garcia8 Managing transition and building peace from a human security perspective 145Dahlia SimanganPART III PERSONAL SECURITY, HUMAN DIGNITY AND GLOBAL JUSTICE9 Human rights and human security 162Wolfgang Benedek10 Transnational organised crime and terrorism as human security threats:international law’s response 180Sven Peterke and Pierre Hauck11 Freedom from fear and freedom from want: key components of humansecurity for women 208Rashida Manjoo12 The impacts of the International Criminal Tribunals on human securityand human rights 226James MeernikPART IV HUMAN SECURITY: CONFRONTING RISK,VULNERABILITY AND EXISTENTIAL CRISIS13 Climate change as a human security crisis? 243Benoit Mayer14 Complementarity between human security and legal frameworks forhumanitarian action 259Dug Cubie15 Human (in)security in transnational migration, refugee situations andinternal displacement 273Susana FerreiraPART V SOCIO-ECONOMIC HUMAN SECURITY IN AGENDA 203016 Human security, the UN development system and the SDGs 290Des Gasper and Oscar A. Gómez17 Human security: countering structural inequality and fosteringresilience under international law 306Dorothy Estrada-Tanck18 Food security and the right to food: pillars of humanity arising fromfood and agriculture law 321Gabriela Steier, Matthew Kang and Sahana Ramdas19 Global health law: WHO, COVID-19, and human security 341Lisa FormanPART VI REGIONAL HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVES20 Human security in Europe: the European Union and beyond 359Iavor Rangelov21 Human security: a Latin American perspective 375Elizabeth Abi-Mershed and Verónica Gómez22 The African Union as a human security arrangement 388Samuel M. Makinda and F. Wafula Okumu23 The emerging human security norm in East Asia: toward an epistemiccommunity 406Yoichi Mine and Ako MutoIndex