Human Security Report Project

The Human Security Report Project (HSRP) joined the School for International Studies in May 2007. The HSRP was previously based at the Human Security Centre at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia.

Mission statement

The Human Security Report Project's (HSRP) mission is to conduct research on global and regional trends in political violence, their causes and consequences and to make this research accessible to the policy and research communities, the media, educators and the interested public.

The HSRP's flagship publication, the Human Security Report and the Human Security Brief, is complemented by the Human Security Gateway (an online database of human security resources), the Afghanistan Conflict Monitor and Pakistan Conflict Monitor (websites highlighting new research and analysis on the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, respectively) and three online bulletins, Human Security News, Afghanistan Security News and Human Security Research.

The HSRP, which is funded by five governments, runs policy workshops, undertakes independent research, and also commissions research from individual scholars and research institutions around world.

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Publications

miniAtlas of Human Security

Oct 9, 2008 - Produced by the Human Security Report Project and the World Bank, this at-a-glance guide to global security issues provides a wealth of information on armed conflicts since 1946. It maps political violence, the links between poverty and conflict, assaults on human rights - including the use of child soldiers - and the causes of war and peace. Specially designed to show detailed information on a small scale, the miniAtlas of Human Security is a succinct introduction to today's most pressing security challenges.
The miniAtlas is available online at www.miniatlasofhumansecurity.info

HUMAN SECURITY BRIEF 2007

May 21, 2008 - Challenging the expert consensus that the threat of global terrorism is increasing, the Human Security Brief 2007 reveals a sharp net decline in the incidence of terrorist violence around the world. Fatalities from terrorism have declined by some 40 percent, while the loose-knit terror network associated with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda has suffered a dramatic collapse in popular support throughout the Muslim world.
The Brief is available online at www.humansecuritybrief.info

HUMAN SECURITY BRIEF 2006

December 20, 2006 - The Human Security Brief 2006 updates the 2005 Human Security Report's conflict trend data and analyzes the findings of two recently released datasets that track trends in war terminations and organized violence against civilians. The new data indicate that the post-Cold War decline in armed conflicts and related fatalities reported last year has continued, with Sub-Saharan Africa seeing the greatest decrease in political violence.
The Brief 2006 is available online at www.humansecuritybrief.info/2006

HUMAN SECURITY REPORT 2005

October 17, 2005 - The first Human Security Report documents a dramatic, but largely unknown, decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuse over the past decade. Published by Oxford University Press, the Report argues that the single most compelling explanation for these changes is found in the unprecedented upsurge of international activism, spearheaded by the UN, which took place in the wake of the Cold War.
The Report can be accessed at www.humansecurityreport.info