PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: World Health Organization
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They care about violence because violence kills people. The intentional use of physical force, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group of community, that either results in or has a likelihood of result in in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation . Family violence, community violence, institutional violence -- schools, workplace, prisons, etc. ) Social violence, political violence, state violence, economic violence) Nine out of ten violent deaths occur outside con icts. 740. 000 people die each year / 49000 not affected by war situations. Living free from violence is a basic human need. It is a precondition for human development, dignity and well-being. Diplomatic initiative reductions in armed con icts (2005) Geneva declaration on armed violence and development http://www. genevadeclaration. org/ esultado de imagen para geneva declaration on armed violence and development. To make the world a better place, people need to be alive. Restricted and wide understandings of violence (coady / galtung)