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FREEDOM FROM FEAR
FREEDOM FROM WANT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
PROTECTION
(STATE, RULE OF LAW)
STATE-CITIZEN PARTNERSHIP
EMPOWERMENT
(CITIZENS’/PEOPLE INITIATIVES)
FREEDOM FROM INDIGNITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
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protection strategies should at the least do minimal harm to, and ideally protect and strengthen practices and institutions of the rule of law. State protection approaches can also complement bottom-up empowerment approaches. For example, police
have referred cases to the local peace committees in Zimbabwe, which include traditional, civic, and political leaders, to manage and resolve community conlicts using traditional mechanisms.
The principle of complementarity applies to citizen empowerment strategies as well. When citizens arm themselves and form militia groups, their response may effectively win security in the short term, but
A human security approach calls for complementarity between national security policies and the rule of law.
may create the conditions for prolonging conlict in the long-term by undermining rule of law and creating future sources of insecurity.
THE VALUE OF A HUMAN SECURITY APPROACH
PHYSICAL SECURITY