Economic dimension of the right to sustainable development: good governance and human security (original) (raw)

Issues in Security, Good Governance and Its Challenges to Economic Growth and Development

Security is tied to both social, political and economic growth and development of Nigeria. The negligence of the security sector is responsible for the non-performance of democratic governance and its attendant violent crimes, such as armed robbery, ethnic crisis, electoral violence, kidnapping, police brutality, etc. The relationship between democratic governance and security is not automatic in Nigeria. Therefore this paper uses available sources of data as its method or technique of data collection and analyse the missing gaps between security and development. The paper advance its findings and suggest some recommendations, some of which are, provision of an appropriate infrastructure for good governance, rule of law, overhauling the security sector to meet the challenges of law enforcement, surveillance and protective service delivery, creation of employment opportunities, and programmes to embark on total moral re-orientation of the citizens among others.

The Quest for Sustainable Development in the Context of Insecurity: Some Critical Reflections

2020

This paper considers the possibility of realizing “peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development; providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels specifically in Africa”. This is goal 16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As configured, peace, security and development are treated as integral subsets of sustainable development. The paper contends that this goal holds the key to the realization of other SDGs in the African context. In examining the achievability of this goal, the concept and essence of development in general and sustainabledevelopment in particular were examined. The paper argues that the well-being of a state and its people is the primary essence of development. Furthermore, development is considered as connoting a state’s capacity to provide enabling conditions such as peace and freedom that sustain general well-being. Development is also a characteristic of a st...

The Governance, Security and Development Nexus

The Governance, Security and Development Nexus, 2020

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HUMAN SECURITY: A PRECONDITION FOR PEACE, DIGNITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Gjon Culaj, Elton Tota, Gramos Sejdiu, 2024

Whereas the traditional conception of security has been considered as state ability to protect territorial integrity and sovereignty from external military threats, the human security gives priority to individuals, their basic needs, sustainable development and human dignity. The concept of human security, broadly defined, is presented for the first time in the 1994 in the Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) affirming that human security is ‘’freedom from fear and freedom from want”. Promoters of human security do rightly argue that intra-state conflicts, terrorism, organized crime, poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and disease, due to their wide-ranging impact, do kill far more people than wars. Moreover, such chronic threats are often related to each other and undermine the human well-being. The purpose of this research paper is to argue that traditional security which is focused on priority of state activities do remains relevant and indispensable for the wider concept of state security but it is not automatically associated with security of individuals, their human rights and welfare. Therefore, a balance pursuit of state-centric security and people-centric approach to security is critical for each other mutual`s reinforcement and peaceful coexistence in the current international order.

DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY. INVESTING IN PEOPLE, PEACE AND PROSPERITY

Parte fundamental del éxito del posconflicto reside en tener la capacidad de diseñar e implementar políticas que combinen los esfuerzos por garantizar ambientes seguros con medidas para generar condiciones de vida digna y productiva. Es en esta intersección entre la seguridad y el desarrollo en donde se encuentra el corazón de la paz. http://bit.ly/2fQg9q1

Human security and the next generation of comprehensive development goals.

2012

The notion of human security provides a fruitful conceptual point of departure for the MDG/SDG discussions on the post-2015 agenda. Insecurity is a universal dimension of the human condition. Human security analysis puts people, not states, at the centre of the stage when assessing actions to enhance security. It appeals to human solidarity, both at the level of humankind and at the level of each individual. For these reasons it can broaden and deepen the post-2015 agenda – by integrating the values and concerns outlined in the Millennium Declaration, the goals and targets of the MDGs and those of preceding and other international development summits with the issues addressed by the climate change and humanitarian conferences and the human rights agenda. The human security approach links well with the emerging discourse that seeks the integration of economic development, social development and environmental protection, and it adds necessary intellectual, existential and ethical depth. It also provides a framework for systematic attention to policy dimensions and to the empowering notion of individual and community-based ‘securitability’. The human security concept, perspective and paradigm can thus function as an organising and exploratory framework for conceptualising development goals for the period beyond 2015. It can combine a broad approach to human development and to policies for human development that are rights-based, priority-centred and genuinely empowering, with an understanding of the complexity of current vulnerabilities. It can provide a more visionary approach in framing ‘development’ objectives and human development, and formulating policy, inspired by a commitment to human rights and social justice. Keywords: Human security, human development, MDGs; securitability, development policy