What is HSA

The HSA acronym stands for Human Security Alliance. The HSA is an international alliance on human security. It is working together with its members and partners at national and regional levels. Currently nine national networks are functional where members, partners and allies are involved to conduct HSA activities. Non-governmental organisations, academic institutes, specific groups and individuals constitute HSA partners and allies.

People’s position is the main consideration defining HSA position in any context. HSA believes that wider peace and security can be ensured by guaranteeing human security through the policy framework at national and international levels where the people’s perception needs to be reflected. Human security as an inclusive idea that can harmonise the differences among the various approaches of development and protection of rights.

Background

Human Security Alliance, a non-profit organization. It is non-governmental organization working through its partnership and networks. Human Security Alliance has established on 19th January 2007 at Bangkok, Thailand aiming to promote the human centric policy in development and norms in order to encouraging the conditionality for fulfillment of human potentials that secures the human from every possible situation either natural or manmade or even conditioned. In this regard, Human Security Alliance focuses to engage at multi levels by creating bridge between local and national with regional and international to enhance the compliance of human centric policy with all level. Human Security Alliance works in varied approaches depending on time and needs to uphold the virtue of human dignity.

Why HSA

The global understanding of policy and politics is aligned to the line of progressiveness. This has helped a more human centered thinking; thereby triggering an understanding of a more specific framework incorporating human issues. Consequently, the global debate regarding the implementation of human rights has assumed a new shape; not to mention the continuing threat on human security.

Unfortunately, there has been no significant initiative on the part of the international civil society or even the human rights activists to comprehensively and seriously address the question of human security. That such an initiative from a people’s perspective keeping in mind the uniqueness of the human rights conditionality is vital to the contemporary global understanding of the human security framework, is a fact widely known. And it goes without saying that theoretical clarity and people’s orientation are the twin cores that would render this approach more practical and pragmatic. The primary requisite of this sort of initiative is a sustained constructive process that would bring to the fore critical but practical areas of formulation of the policy structure of human security. The process would also serve as the essential basis for the guarantee of national as well as international participation. Human Security Alliance, therefore, would be the platform that would serve to assist and strengthen the building of the contemporary global understanding for the human security framework; having incorporated the missing voices. The endeavor of Human Security Alliance is to strengthen the policy process that would incorporate the human security notions as essential principle.

Purpose

i. Human Security Alliance (HSA) was formed to create a global commitment on human security by promoting and conducting activities for enhance local knowledge on human security, holding activities and support on monitoring, research, capacity building, advocacy, educational assistance, dialogue, networking and strengthening local initiatives to encouraging human centric issues at popular level as well as at policy.

ii. Human Security Alliance will promote establishing common standards and framework for developing, guiding and implementing human security mechanism.

iii. Human Security Alliance will work internationally to promote the vision of vulnerable, disadvantaged, backward and off stream section along with creating space for human security agenda at international level.

Our Slogan

The slogan of Human Security Alliance is “Building Solidarity for Global Peace and Security”.

Our Objectives

i. Strengthening the conceptual clarity of Human Security through incorporating both people centric, local, national and international perspective.

ii. Strengthening the universal standard and framework of Human Security.

iii. Incorporating human security notion at policy formation and implementation through global standards and mechanism.

Secretariat

International Secretariat:

The HSA International Secretariat is located in Bangkok. It is the organ that coordinates the activities of its members and partners at national and regional levels. Besides maintaining varied networks and formulating programs, it acts as the central unit of communication and collaborative support for non-governmental organisations, academic institutes, specific groups and individuals besides the regular HSA partners and allies.

Address: 246 Times Square Building, Unite 1203, Sukumvit Rd. Bangkok 10110 Thailand.
Tel: (662) 2295561-3 Ext-17, Fax: (662) 2295560; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
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South Asian Secretariat

The first regional office of HSA is located at Dhaka, Bangladesh since July 2007. The South Asian regional program is implemented through the Dhaka office. Besides, the regional advocacy and regional research are coordinated by South Asia office. It also maintains the regional networks.

Address: House: 218, Lake Road, Lane: 14, New DOSH, Mohakhali,Dhaka-1206,Bangladesh
Tel: (88 -02) 8834846; Fax: (88-02) 88252526;

HSA Team

Altafur Rahman
Executive Director, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Mr Shekh Altafur Rahman is the founder and is working with Human Security Alliance (HSA) as of July 2007. His work in Bangladesh, Thailand, Burma, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka constitute a large parts of his professional life. Mr Altaf has also been involved with several national and international organizations such as Action Aid, Odhikar, FORUM-ASIA since 1999. Born in 1977 in Bangladesh, he was actively involved in various academic exercises and zealously led the cultural and scouts wings of the University. He has received several national awards in different Arts and Speech and Forum activities. In 2000, he was awarded with Masters of Law degree from Chittagong University, Bangladesh. He also achieved the SIDA scholarship and successfully completed his Masters in Human Rights and Social Development from Mahidol University, Thailand. Currently he is pursuing Ph. D. in Peace and Human Rights at the same University. Mr Rahman started his professional career with voluntary services and community support programs. He became an Advocate under Bangladesh Bar Council in 2003 and focused on Civil and Constitutional issues. He conducted several international researches on Judicial Activism, Environmental Management, Disaster Response, Micro Credit, UN Reform, Good Governance, Migration and Policy Effect on Human Rights and Human Security. He also conducted fact finding missions and training in Nepal, the Maldives, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Burma in 2004 to 2007. Apart of participation in verity of conferences and symposium, Mr Rahman has contributed paper presentations, knowledge sharings, coalition building and conducted regional campaigns.

Payel Rai Chowdhury
Director (Policy), Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Payel Rai Chowdhury has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and a Master of Arts in Human Rights from the University of Calcutta. A doctoral candidate in Human Rights and Peace (Office of Human Rights and Social Development, Mahidol University), her immediate previous engagement was in the capacity of the Information and Communications Manager at FORUM-ASIA. A Lecturer in the Department of Human Rights, Loreto College, University of Calcutta in India, she has published in a number of leading journals and news dailies. Her other work experiences include the position of a Content Developer (Tata Interactive Systems), a journalist (English daily ‘The Statesman’) and that of an Editor to the World Inter Congress Conference hosted annually by the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in December 2004. Having a steady background in writing and articulating public opinion; Payel has been a frequent national and international representative to events of human rights, peace and developmental significance. She has contributed academic papers and ideas to a large number of these seminars, conferences and workshops; and helped in the coordination and publication of the consequent outcomes. She also holds the honorary position of Editor – Thailand for Amana Media Initiative (a monthly journal in English published by the Asian Resource Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand). Aspiring to merge her communication skills with an earnest inquiry into contemporary issues of human security and peace, Payel hopes to be able to productively contribute to the Human Security Alliance’s mission of incorporating the southern perspective of human rights and human development needs within the Human Security Framework and thereby promote a balance of participation and enforcement in relation to human needs.

Noufal Abboud
Coordinator, Arab Asia Program, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Noufal Abboud is the Regional Coordinator for Arab Asia Program- Acting Head of Program for Human Security Alliance (HSA). Mr. Noufal has a strong background in working on democratisation, human rights, political Islam and other issues related to the political issues related to Middle East and North Africa. He worked for research academic institutes, governmental and inter-governmental organisations, and regional non governmental organisations. His interdisciplinary expertise touches upon fields such as projects developments, network development, trainings and programme management with focus on democracy promotion, human rights, transitional justice and conflict resolutions. His work on the issues has extended his work base from the Arab World to Europe and Asia. Mr. Noufal has a graduate academic background in Law, Human Rights and Business Management respectively from Morocco, Thailand and USA.

Stuart Wright
Coordinator, Southeast Asia Program, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Mr. Wright is pursuing his Ph.D. at University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has masters in Law from the same university. In his seventeen years working he worked with several law firms such as Pat Robinson Inc. and Macdonald Sager Manis. He is also solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Chandanie Watawala

Coordinator, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, South Asia Program, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Ms. Watawala has extensive working experience at Sri Lanka and South Asia. She worked with Caritas and currently pursuing her Ph.D.. She has knowledge of working with community and develop national advocacy in her ten years of working.

Shobana Rao
Coordinator, Documentation, Human Security Alliance (HAS)

Ms. Shobana holds a Masters in Education from Leicester University, UK. Her focus has always been about how education can be used to help create a world where people respect differences, to eradicate poverty and abuse. As such she has been working within the education sector for more than 15 years. Her work has taken her to UK, Singapore, USA, Thailand and Malaysia. She has also worked as a Leadership Coach and trainer in Malaysia.

Kartika Inggas

Programme Associate, Capacity Development Program, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

Ms. Kartika holds a Masters in Development Studies from Universiy of East Anglia, UK, and first Degree from International Relations at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. She has over 10 years' professional experience as programme manager in development related issues including human rights in various international institutions. In HSA Miss Kartika works for capaciy development and cordinating the Network in Human Security.

Brijesh Khamlanai
Intern, Communication, Southeast Asia Program, Human Security Alliance (HSA)

International Advisory Committee

Dr Sriprapha Petcharamesree;
Department of Human Rights and Social Development, Mahidol University

International Executive Committee

Altafur Rahman,
Executive Director, Human Security Alliance (HSA), Thailand.

Payel Rai Chowdhury,
Director, Human Security Alliance (HSA), Thailand

Dr Mike Hayes,
Faculty, Department of Human Rights and Social Development, Mahidol University

Ahmed Ziaudden,
Global Coordinator, ICC Campaign

Strategic Direction

Human Security Alliance (HSA) has the direction to develop a global framework of human security and introduce that at the policy formulation, implementation and feedback. In order to precede that direction HSA is working at the field level to solicit the evidential basis of any future claim for human security framework. This would be further complemented by the specific program at three levels.