Human Security Project

We are in a global crisis. More than 120 million people have been forced out of their homes by war, poverty, and environmental catastrophe. 233,000 people are estimated to have been killed in conflicts in 2024 while global military spending ballooned to $2.46 trillion. International responses to conflict and fragility rarely center the rights and dignity of those affected. Policy thinking has become institutionalized without delivering new and humane solutions.

The Human Security Project is a policy hub for practitioners, researchers, and activists from around the world to explore innovative approaches to today’s pressing challenges. HSP crafts bold, actionable interventions to prevent violence, protect people, and build human security.

What is Human Security? Human security places people, their rights, and their security at the center of international relations and foreign policy. Focusing on the interrelated threats to individual security—political repression, economic deprivation and exploitation, violent conflict and mass atrocities, climate and environmental stressors, etc.—improves individuals' safety, rights, and dignity. Prioritizing human security will create more secure and stable communities, nations, and, ultimately, a more peaceful and prosperous world.

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