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International actors should support human security as a process of local dialogue
and relationship- building to fully respect the principle of empowerment.
recognising that peacebuilding and statebuilding must be led by affected countries rather than by donor states. They also recognise that state-led implementation is not suficient and that building peaceful societies requires a partnership between states, international institutions, and affected communities.
The applicability of human security as a policy framework is not limited to conlict-affected states that receive international aid. Human security is
a useful tool and approach that can be used in higher income, politically stable nations to advance the economic, political, social, and environmental security of their residents. As argued by Sharbanou Tadjbakhsh, an important breakthrough for the application of human security will occur “when industrialised donor countries, together with developing ones, apply the concept to their domestic policies.”19 While the people-centred principles of human security remain universally applicable, their practical application must be responsive to local contexts, gender-sensitive, and enable the empowerment of the people they aim to support.
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