Canadian Consortium on Human Security

Web Resources

1. Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) 

Small Arms Survey

The HSBA is a research project of the Small Arms Survey, an independent research institute in Geneva. Its core objective is to support violence reduction in Sudan, by informing policy-making on civilian protection and the design, implementation and evaluation of arms control interventions. Specifically, it is producing an independently verified and reliable evidence-base of the causes and distribution of armed violence across the country, with a particular focus on the contribution of small arms and light weapons.

Specific objectives of the HSBA, which draws on a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach, are to:

 review international, regional, and domestic flows of arms into, within and out of Sudan; assess stocks and inventories among different parties and civilians; map out armed groups operating within Sudan; appraise local security arrangements and factors influencing demand for arms; and measure the scale and distribution of arms-related mortality, morbidity, and victimization in different communities.

The project is generating and disseminating a wide body of comparative research, in addition to policy guidance. In particular it is targeting members of the Sudanese government, local authorities, national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration commissions, the humanitarian community, donors, arms embargo monitors, and peacekeeping operations with its findings.

All of the research is guided by a transparent methodological framework and places a special focus on awareness raising and capacity building among Sudanese. Findings are disseminated in English in a variety of formats including informal briefings, lectures, academic and media articles, the Small Arms Survey’s yearbook, and HSBA Issue Briefs and Working Papers. All HSBA publications, which are also being translated into Arabic and where relevant French, are available in hard copy and on the web: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/spotlight/sudan/sudan.html

For further information contact Claire McEvoy, Coordinator, Human Security Baseline Assessment.

2. Crisis in Darfur

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth

This innovative partnership between USHMM and Google allows Google Earth users to see the systematic destruction of structures and villages in Darfur and to view the sprawling refugee camps in neighbouring Chad. Testimonials, photographs and videos gathered on the ground in Darfur supplement the high-resolution satellite images. Crisis in Darfur is the first segment of the USHMM’s Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which seeks to build an “interactive global crisis map” to provide information for the effective prevention of emerging crisis around the world.

3. Eyes on Darfur

Amnesty International

Using the same technology as Crisis in Darfur, Amnesty International’s Eyes on Darfur monitors 12 intact but highly vulnerable villages.

Online Publications

1. Horn of Africa Bulletin

Life and Peace Institute

A monthly newsletter that covers the domestic politics, socio-economic, and developmental concerns that perturb the countries of the Horn of Africa region. It focuses on Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia/Somaliland and Sudan. The bulletin provides a wide-ranging coverage of current developments within the Horn, and gives particular attention to issues of peace, development and conflict transformation.

2. Africa Confidential

Established in 1960, Africa Confidential is a leading fortnightly publication covering African politics, economics and security developments.

3. Human Security Journal

CERI Program for Peace and Human Security, Sciences Po, Paris

Available in both French and English, the Human Security Journal is a multi-disciplinary academic journal run by graduate students at Science Po, Paris. The current issue of the Journal focuses on human security in international organizations.

Publication

1. Human Security and the UN: A Critical History

S. Neil MacFarlane and Yen Foong Khong

Indiana University Press, 2006.

Advertised by the publishers as a “hard-headed analysis of the role of the UN in translating ideas about human security from theory into practice,” MacFarlane and Khong’s extensive study has been described as essential reading for analysts, academics and policy makers (Foreign Affairs review).

Report

1. 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-18 May 2007

The 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network (HSN) focused on the protection of children from violence and armed conflict. The online report includes conference papers, a list of participants, and a review of HSN activities under Slovenia’s chairmanship.

Statement

1. Objectives and Priorities of the Greek Chairmanship of the Human Security Network

The Greek Chairmanship of the HSN will focus on the impact of climate change and global warming on human security.

 

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