ABSTRACT
The concept of human security has become a topic of substantial research in the context of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).1 Despite the criticism that has been formulated against the concept from different sides,2
scholars have attempted to use human security to analyse and criticise the ESDP from this comparatively new perspective which takes into account the changing security environment of the twenty-first century. Two of the most prominent studies conducted so far in the context of the European Union (EU) are the Barcelona3 and Madrid4 Reports by the Human Security Study Group led by Mary Kaldor. The usage and interpretation of the concept of
human security in these reports triggered further discussions about the scope and usefulness of this concept.5 The critique these reports faced also revealed that the conceptual challenge of what the concept of human security is or should be has not yet been overcome.
