05Nov2014

International scientific conference 'Twenty years of human security concept - discourse and practice’

International scientific conference 'Twenty years of human security concept - discourse and practice’ will take place 7-8 November 2014 in Belgrade. The conference is organized by the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Security with partners - Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and Citizens' network for peace, reconciliation and human security.

Scholars and practitioners in human security, as well as representative sof the UN, OSCE and EU, will re-examine twenty years of human security concept, focusing on new theoretical discourses and dominant practices in their implementation. Idea of the conference is to provide a platform for dialogue and exchange of information among human security researchers.

The conference panel discussions will cover theoretical foundations of human security concept, human security development aspects, human security regional and local policies and issues, and human security practice.

President of the CENTAR, Svetlana Đurđević-Lukić, will participate at the conference as an expert consultant of Citizens' network for peace, reconciliation and human security. She will have presentations on small arms and human security in the Western Balkans and youth violence in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo.