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.
Read More »Press Release: HSC Statement on the Situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip
The Human Security Centre is deeply concerned by the recent escalation of violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, following the abhorrent killing of three Israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank.
Read More »Press Release: HIC’s Evidence Featured Prominently in House of Commons Report on “Intervention: When, Why, How?”
We are pleased to announce that our submission to The House of Commons Defence Select Committee inquiry on the subject of “Intervention: When, Why and How” now features prominently in the much-awaited and substantive report published by Parliament today.
Read More »HIC’s Evidence Featured in House of Lords and House of Commons Reports
On 28 March 2014, the House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power and the UK’s Influence published its much-awaited report Power and Persuasion in the Modern World, wherein many of the points were constructed almost exclusively around the evidence we submitted. The report cites the Humanitarian Intervention Centre no fewer than 16 times.
Read More »Press Release: HIC joins Children of Peace’s Coalition of Peace
The Humanitarian Intervention Centre is a proud new addition to the Coalition of Peace and is hugely supportive of the fine work done by Children of Peace and its partners.
Read More »Press Release: UN’s Report on Syria’s Chemical Attack
The HIC welcomes the findings of the United Nations report on the chemical weapons attack on the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta on 21st August 2013, though the time wasted and lives lost between now and the first intelligence reports published by the US, UK, Israel, France, Turkey, Germany and others should be noted.
Read More »Briefing: Parliamentary Vote on Syria
Prior to the Parliamentary vote on Syria, the following is a strategic briefing on top 5 Strategic & Humanitarian reasons for the West to take measures against the Assad regime.
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