'Human security' as a new concept of international security of the 20th century

• Author: Elvira Titko - Myroslav Kurtynets
• Position: Elvira Titko - University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Center of Human Rights and the Development of Educational Innovations, Ukraine, law-kiev@i.ua. - Myroslav Kurtynets, University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, mk-kiev@i.ua.
• Pages: 559-573

“Human security” as a new concept

of international security of the 20th century

LL.D. Elvira TITKO1

PhD. Myroslav KURTYNETS2

Abstract

Actually, the second pa rt of the 20th centur y cha racterized by the b eginning of the

conceptual under standing of “human security” in a system of the international security and

internatio nal la w, in genera l. It had linked with the historical past, such as world war s,

many local military conflicts which cla imed the lives millions of people, repr essions,

scientific and technological progr ess (the invention of n uclear weapons, va rious weapons

of mass destr uction), etc. Besides, it ha s linked with the present, such as ter rorism, human

trafficking, acts of aggression, etc., tha t en tails the inevitable destr uction of mankind,

where the safety/security plays a cr ucial role. That`s why, in the ear ly 1990s, the concept of

“human security” was introduced into the interna tional discussion. A number of

internatio nal instruments of the universal a nd regiona l chara cter were adopted about the

issue of the pr otection of human rights in the context of “human security”, was termed the

new concept of the 20th and the 21st centur ies. In this context, the essentia l objective of this

manuscript is the analysis of doctrina l, legal understa nding of the concept of the “Humans

Security”, taking into a ccount the pr esent conditions a nd the example of Ukra ine (the

situation of the East pa rt of the country).

Keywords: human secur ity; human sa fety; human rights; security system.

JEL Classification: K33, K38

1. Introduction

It should be pointed out that the complete need to study the issue of

“human security” plays an important theoretical and practical role in the field of

international law, especially regarding peacekeeping, development of countries and

nations, support and ensuring the security of states.

1 Elvira Titko - University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Center of Human

Rights and the Development of Educational Innovations, Ukraine, law-kiev@i.ua.

2 Myroslav Kurtynets, University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, mk-kiev@i.ua.