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A Human Security Doctrine for Europe

=> why adopting a human security doctrine for EU?

1. Moral consideration, eo!ution in internationa! re!ations , the mora! e!ement that ma"esstates pay attention to human rights. #he a!ue of human !ife not on!y within one state$s%orders, %ut eerywhere.

2. Legal obligation

Artic!e && and &' of the U( )harter * states to promote uniersa! respect for ando%serance for human rights .

Uniersa! Dec!aration of Human +ights

nternationa! )oenant on )ii! and -o!itica! +ights

nternationa! )oenant on Economic, Socia! and )u!tura! +ights

ienna Dec!aration

Artic!e / of the EU )onstitution

3. Enlightened self-interest

0i!itary force is counterproductie in confront with terrorism if it is used in a traditiona!way.#he use of mi!itary force shou!d %e reshaped so that attention to human rights must %e

paid.t is productie and necessary to inc!ude human rights concerns in the security actions inorder to hae a successfu! p!an.

=> why is mi!itary force counterproductie if it is used in its traditiona! way?

a. asymetric threats sma!! arms, grenades and other weapons hae %ecome cheaper andeasier to a2uire so the difference %etween those who posses mi!itary techno!ogy and thosewho do not has %een reduced

%. ideo!ogy 3 traditiona! ways of warfare 4can not cope with suicide %om%ers

c. its destructieness a!iments conf!ict and increases threats instead of diminishing them.#he threats are inter!in"ed 5 so6ca!!ed precision %om%s do "i!! cii!ians and cause materia!destruction %ecause of either technica! or inte!!igence fai!ures. )ii!ian casua!ties maycontri%ute to po!arised perceptions that accentuate the conf!ict whi!e the destruction ofinfrastucture and regu!ar sources of income feeds crimina! economy that is a source offinance for for warring gropus . #he ongoing conf!ict in ra2 dramatica!!y i!ustrates the gap

%etween conentiona! mi!itary forces and the achiement of security

d. it io!ates human rights 3 in traditiona! ways of warfare, cii!ian deaths are ca!!edco!atera! damage and this can not %e accepta%!e form a human rights perpectie4

e. dea!ing with terrorism and organi7ed crime on!y %y deising more ro%ust punitie andinte!!igence measures within our %orders, which may in fact endanger the democratica!ues and institutions of Europe, can neer %e more than firefighting

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=> what does human security refer to ?

Human security

5means indiidua! freedom from %asic insecurities. 8enocide, wide6spread or systematic torture,inhuman and degrading treatment, disappearances, s!aery, and crimes against humanity andgrae io!ations of the !aws of war as defined in the Statute of the nternationa! )rimina! )ourt930ary :a!dor, ;arce!ona +eport -hases of threat

1.#he primacy of human rights 3it fai!s4 for the aim %ut it stays for the methods of warfare. thas imp!ications in what regards those who commit gross human rights io!ations that shou!d %etreated as indiidua! crimina!s and not as co!!ectie enemies

@. )!ear po!itica! authority