MOD to establish Centre of Excellence for Human Security
皇冠体育app UK is a nation that leads from the front and it should do so in protecting human rights, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson declares.
皇冠体育app UK is a nation that leads from the front and it should do so in protecting human rights, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson declares.
In front of a backdrop of 100 personnel, armoured vehicles and AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters from the Army Air Corps conducting exercises to protect non-combatants in a conflict zone, Mr Williamson announced a new UK Centre of Excellence for Human Security.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said:
In modern warfare there is no 鈥榝ront line鈥� and the sad reality is that innocent bystanders are in harm鈥檚 way in conflicts around the world. Protecting civilians from human rights violations is as much a military task as defeating the enemy.
This new Centre of Excellence will build on the amazing work already being done by the UK, from our Human Security courses launched last year to the training we provide peacekeepers on preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict.
皇冠体育app Centre of Excellence will build on the success of the Human Security Advisers course and deliver expanded training on Women, Peace and Security, Children and Armed Conflict, Human Trafficking, Protection of Civilians, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Cultural Property Protection.
As we see actors in conflicts around the world using women and children as merely an extension of the battlefield, it is essential that the world鈥檚 militaries know how to combat this to protect vulnerable bystanders.
皇冠体育app UK is the first military in the world to have a dedicated national defence policy on Human Security. 皇冠体育app Armed Forces have done vital work to protect non-combatants, deploying Military Human Security Advisers to UN peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2014 and providing training for peacekeepers in Kenya, Malawi and Nigeria on preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict.
This new centre is the next step to ensuring militaries from around the world better integrate UN Security Council Resolutions linked to human security into military planning and conduct of operations.
皇冠体育app Centre of Excellence will be funded from a new Human Security budget. Running costs will be around 拢2m a year.