ABSTRACT
Human Security crucially depends on Global Economic Governance (GEG); because it addresses multi-dimensional threats, its policies cannot be understood from the perspective of single policy areas or single national foreign policies. As international development programmes addressing violence-related issues in Latin America claim to follow pre-emptive strategies embracing the Human Security concept, it would be fair to consider all resources dedicated to socio-economic development as ultimately aimed at reducing violence. Conflict resolution through social mediation has proven a highly effective strategy in Mexico. Yet, while these results evidenced a strengthening of Mexico's policing capacities, they also came, just as in the Colombian case, at high social costs: the militarization of the Mexican security policy had a proved negative impact on human rights. A second remarkable example of successful Human Security-inspired policies in Mexico is the experience of the Palmitas neighbourhood in the State of Hidalgo.
