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This chapter is concerned with the role of multi-stakeholderism in the development of international law, which is an increasingly important phenomenon due to globalization, the growing role of non-State actors, and the emergence of a global civil society which claims to pursue community interests. The main focus of the multistakeholder approach lies with ensuring more inclusive structures of governance. In some fields, such as human rights, environmental law, and the law of the information society, it is more advanced than in other normative fields, such as international economic affairs. Multi-stakeholderism allows for the building and the expression of community interests and thus also provides orientation and important preparatory work for the inter-governmental process. The involvement of all relevant stakeholders strengthens the effectiveness of law — creating processes and the subsequent implementation of the law.

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This contribution analyses the interaction of human rights and human security. First, the author explains the emergence and conceptualisation of human security. By taking into account the actions on both research and policy levels and the human security initiatives by international organisations, such as UNESCO, by governments, NGOs and academia, the contribution sheds light on the potential of a multilayered and multi‐player approach to human security. In a second step the author identifies the interrelation and interdependence of human security and human rights. The results of this more theoretical part are then empirically tested in a case study on the interaction of human security and human rights, with a particular focus on the implementation of a human security approach to the right of education. Further, the contribution identifies human security‐related best practices. The conclusion argues that, in light of the interdependence of human rights and human security a more holistic and integrative approach is necessary. Their international dimension needs to be complemented by a local focus on human security and human rights. An important step towards this goal is the integration, by states, of human security in national human rights learning curricula.