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9 September, 2021 The Human Security Centre has commented further on the situation in Afghanistan in the media and provided briefings for political leaders, with efforts led by Afghan-born Associate Fellow Roh Yakobi. On 16 August, Roh spoke to BBC ...

15 August, 2021 HSC Associate Fellow Roh Yakobi, who fled persecution by the Taliban at aged 12, has commented in the media regarding current developments in Afghanistan. Interviewed on Sky News, he said that the people in Afghanistan would now be forced ...

9 June, 2021 The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has published written evidence submitted to it by the HSC as part of its ‘The Navy: purpose and procurement’ inquiry. The inquiry seeks to assess the threats and standing commitments the ...

3 May 2021 Event One: Space, Remote Medicine and Health – 18:00 UK time (GMT+1), 18 May 2021 Tickets available here University College London and the Human Security Centre are teaming up to present an online events series focusing on ...

HSC – UCL Space and Health events series 12 April 2021 Today we mark International Human Spaceflight Day – this year being the 60th Anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin embarking on the first crewed spaceflight in Vostok 1 on 12 ...

The Human Security Centre (HSC) welcomes the publication of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (IR).

The Human Security Centre (HSC) has joined with 49 other organisations and experts in signing the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) open letter to governments which relays concerns that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uyghurs in East Turkistan.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, HSC Executive Director Julie Lenarz has today accused US President Donald Trump of empowering anti-Western forces in the Middle East through his abandonment of the Kurds.

Since our launch in 2013, we have drawn attention to a wide range of topics, with a focus on humanitarian intervention and mass atrocity crimes. We have felt, however, that it is becoming increasingly important for us to address critical and pervasive threats to human security that may not necessarily fall within the ambit of humanitarian intervention, no matter how broadly we define it.

Advisory Board Member Max Abrahms delivers a TED Talk on ‘How Governments Respond to Terrorism’. In this talk, Dr. Abrahms takes terrorism one step further and sheds light on digital privacy, security, and counter terrorism. A member of the HSC’s academic ...