PHM-Exch> Food for a life-long thought (3)

[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 323



*YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL
ABOUT. *(part 3 of 3)

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*Human Rights and Human Security*

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At a minimum, human security means freedom from violence and from the fear
of violence. Unlike the more traditional concept of national security
--which focuses on defending borders from external military threats-- human
security is concerned with the security of individuals.

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The broad definition of human security encompasses everything that
constitutes freedom from want and freedom from fear.

Human security is indebted to the human
rights<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights>(HR) tradition. The
human security model can be seen to have drawn upon
ideas and concepts fundamental to the HR tradition. Both approaches use the
individual as the main referent and both argue that a wide range of issues
(i.e. civil rights, cultural identity, access to education and health care)
are fundamental to human dignity.  A major difference between the two
models is found in their approach to addressing threats to human dignity*
and survival. While the HR framework takes an approach based on HR
covenants, the human security framework adopts flexible and issue-specific
approaches, to make them work at local, national or international levels as
fits the specific needs.

*: Dignity is the enemy of charity (which in HR work we consider a sin);
pride is no sin; pride is actually pure dignity. Pride is not a right;
dignity is.  The basic demand for dignity is a demand shared by all in this
world.

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Claudio
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