THE HUMAN SECURITY REPORT 2005
WAR AND PEACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

October 2005
(Pre-publication text. May be subject to minor revisions)


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.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

About the Human Security Centre

Preface

What is Human Security

Overview

PART I - The changing face of global violence (Part A, Part B.1, Part B.2, Part C, Part D)
- Introduction
- Getting it wrong about war trends
- Fewer wars, fewer deaths
- The changing nature of warfare
- Targeting civilians
- Fear of war, fear of crime

PART II - The human security audit (Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D)
- Introduction
- A new global dataset
- Measuring human rights abuse
- Tracking criminal violence
- Human trafficking
- Creating a human security index?

PART III - Assault on the vulnerable
- Introduction
- The plight of the displaced
- War and sexual violence
- Child soldiers

PART IV - Counting the indirect costs of war
- Introduction
- Beyond battle-deaths
- Measuring the hidden costs of armed conflict
- HIV/AIDS and conflict

PART V - Why the dramatic decline in armed conflict?
- Introduction
- The decline of international war
- The rise and decline of civil war
- Conclusion


Fuente:
Human Security Center
http://www.humansecurityreport.info/