First thematic social forum
for peace and human security :
Call for workshops and activities
The
6-9th of June 2014 Sarajevo will host a Peace Event, (http://www.peaceeventsarajevo2014.eu),
a century after the events that led to the First World War and two decades
after the dramatic siege that the city of Sarajevo suffered during the Balkan
wars drew again the attention of the world.
The First thematic social forum on peace and human security
issues will be organized within the Peace Event. We take this
opportunity to call on you and your organisations to propose workshops and
activities.
Peace and Human Security
The concept of Human Security was
developed as reaction to “traditional” or “realist” notions of national
security, which emphasised the security of the nation-state from external
military threats. In contrast, Human Security focuses on the security of the
individual human beings who inhabit states and their protection from a wide
range of threats, from military and criminal violence to hunger and disease
(shift from state to the individual as concern).
Topics discussed during the Forum will be those
related to the question of Human Security: the question of security of individuals against
external and internal attacks, respect of their rights and freedoms, protection
and guarantees against threats, and will also address social and economic
dimensions related to war and peace issues.
Among issues that could be raised
- Old » and « New » conflicts in the contemporary world, including the Balkan region
- Social injustice, economic crisis and contemporary conflicts
- Post-war challenges: reconstruction policy, issues of remembrance and the transmission of memory, soldiers/fighters civil reintegration
- Fight against impunity and peace building: transitional justice, national and international justice,
- Global security, end of occupations, foreign military bases, control of natural resources
- Issue of privatization of war and more generally breach in the state monopoly of violence (mercenaries, , PMC sector, private enforcement of border management..)
- Acting against war: grassroots experiences of actions in conflict situations, solidarity action and protection of human security
- Campaigns for Nuclear disarmament and the abolition of weapons of mass destruction. Campaign against arm trade, landmines, etc...
Building
a process
The forum on Peace and Human
Security organized within the Peace Event will be the first thematic World
Social Forum (WSF) on this subject. It is registered as initiative of the Forum
process as defined in the Charter of Principles of Porto Alegre (WSF). It has
been supported by the Final Assembly of the Florence 10+10 meeting (November
2012) and the Assembly of Convergence on Peace of the World Social Forum in
Tunis (March 2013). It aims at sharing reflection; consolidating the action of
participants, facilitate meetings and convergences between movements, offering
room for debate and initiatives enabling the expansion of existing campaigns or
the coordination of future campaign. However, it does not aim to replace
existing local, regional and global networks.
The goals of the forums are to build tools and
a culture of collective work going beyond the preparation of a meeting. This
thematic forum shares these goals and aims at building an open and
collaborative process in the long term.
