The contribution written with David Hughes about the ‘Legal Framework Supporting Human Security’ is Chapter 5 (pp. 19-22) of the Technical Report STO-TR-HFM-ET-201, Ac/323(), Human Security: Frameworks, Concepts, Actors and Challenges in Relevance to NATO (DOI: 10.14339/STO-TR-HFM-ET-201; ISBN: 978-92-837-2504-6), pre-released by the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) in its original format, to make it immediately available to the scientific community. Once the report has been edited, formatted and formally approved, the CSO will publish an official version public releasable. This technical report documents the findings of HFM Exploratory Team (ET) 201.

The incoming leadership – Alan Okros (Canada) e Sandra Balão (Portugal) – submitted to a proposal to extend the activity for a more three-year term as Reseach Task Group (RTG) on Human Security & Military Operations, affiliated to Panel on Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) and System Analysis and Studies (SAS).