■"A Human Security Doctrine for Europe," by Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities, , 18 November 2004, found at http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/Human%20Security%20Report%20Full.pdf.

Alerted by a reader to this interesting report by the Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities called, "A Human Security Doctrine for Europe." It was presented to the EU's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana.

The report consists of three elements: 1) principles for operations in support of human security around the world (although all the examples cited are inside the Gap); 2) a description of a Human Security Response Force; and 3) enunciation of a new legal rule set on how this force will be deployed.

The seven guiding principles are: the primacy of human rights, clear political authority, multilateralism, a bottom-up approach, regional focus, the use of legal instruments, and appropriate use of force. All pretty standard in that Mom and apple pie sort of way (as opposed to the degradation of human rights, muddled political authority, etc.).

The description of the force is more interesting:

Ö a 'Human Security Response Force,' comprised of 15,000 men and women, of whome at least one-third would be civilian (police, human rights monitors, development and humanitarian specialists, administrators, etc.). The Force would be drawn from dedicated troops and civilian capabilities already made available by member states as well as a proposed 'Human Security Volunterr Force.'