human security

is concerned with the level of the individual and community rather than the state, and is concerned not just with protecting people, but also with empowering them.

According to the UN Human Commission on Human Security (CHS) in its report, Human Security Now (2003: 4), human security is critical of state security in four respects:1 Its concern is the individual and the community rather than the state.2 Menaces to people's security include threats to the state and conditions that have notalways been classified as threats to state security.3 The range of actors is expanded beyond the state alone.4 Achieving human security includes not just protecting people but empowering people tofend for themselves.

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