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The Humanitarian Intervention Centre Project serves as a division of the Human Security Centre. The origins of this project are found in the Humanitarian Intervention Centre, which focussed on issues surrounding intervention.

Whilst the work of the Human Security Centre is now broader, the organisation maintains an expertise on these issues, and continues to produce expert research and analysis on possible international responses to mass-atrocity crimes and humanitarian crisis.  On such issues, drawing attention to the consequences of both action, and inaction, are an important contribution to public discourse.

The HIC Project has produced evidence for multiple Parliamentary Committee inquiries, which have been widely cited and regarded as influential contributions to important policy debate. These are available below.

House of Commons committee report on the UK’s Contribution to European Security

The House of Commons Defence Committee has published its report, The UK Contribution to European Security. The report, to which the HSC gave written and oral evidence, concludes that while the UK remains a leading European security actor, it needs to take measures to “urgently strengthen its conventional and nuclear capabilities, improve interoperability with Allies, strengthen its defence industrial base and ensure it can defend the UK homeland and overseas territories.”

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House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee published HSC evidence on the implications of the War in Ukraine for UK Defence

The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has published the HSC's evidence on the implications of the war in Ukraine for UK defense. The inquiry comes as the conflict enters its third summer and Russia has intensified its offensive operations.

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House of Lords report on security in the Arctic quotes HSC evidence

The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has published ‘Our Friends in the North: UK Strategy Towards the Arctic’ report. The inquiry sought to identify defense and security challenges the UK faces in the Arctic region, as well as examine wider issues such as environmental changes and resource extraction, and the UK government’s response to them.

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HSC gives evidence to UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee ‘Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North’ inquiry – 15:00 UK time (GMT), 6 March 2023

Human Security Centre Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport is giving evidence to the UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee's inquiry 'Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North'

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