Abstract: (Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person). The term Human Security was first popularized by the United Nations Development Program in the early 1990s. It emerged in the post-Cold War era as a way to link various humanitarian, economic, and social issues in order to alleviate human suffering and assure security.
Human security calls for a focus on individuals and communities rather than states and nations, and on social and psychological well-being. It recognizes that individuals and communities are threatened by events that are beyond their control, and requires that such protection be ‘institutionalized, not episodic, responsive, not rigid, preventative, and not reactive’.
The impact of conflict on human security is severe, directly affecting all dimensions of human security (economic, financial, food, sanitary, environmental, personal, gender, community and political). Moreover, the resulting indirect consequences of Arab spring can continue to be felt years after the conflict ends.
Thus, the face of violence in the Arab world has changed dramatically over recent decades—becoming dispersed, disfigured, and more fluid. States have struggled to respond effectively to these changes. Increasingly, there is an understanding that the changing nature of violence requires a new response, resulting in a gradual shift from national and international security to human security.
Keywords: Human security, Social Security, International Security.
Title: Human Security and Rights in Middle East
Author: DR. Al-RAWASHDEH MOHAMMAD SALIM
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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