Principles for peace initiative

A new path to lasting peace

The Principles for Peace is a global participatory initiative to develop a new set of principles, standards and norms that will fundamentally reshape how peace processes are structured, sequenced and actualized.

Our approach leverages cutting edge research, participatory consultations and public engagement to fundamentally rethink and reframe the current narrow, exclusionary and flawed ways in which peace processes are understood. It is a highly ambitious and transformative collective endeavour that aims to bridge the gap between policy and action, anchored in a bottom-up process to amplify the voices of those whose destiny and lives are shaped by conflict and peace processes.

2 billion people’s lives are shaped by conflict and insecurity.  

Yet, we apply the same solutions and expect different results. 

Almost half of all conflicts in the last 30 years have recurred.

The nature of conflict has changed, yet our approach to peace has not.  

1 in every 4 young people are affected by armed conflict.

Women and other relevant actors are often excluded from peace processes.

An imperative for action

Existing approaches to peace are not fit for purpose

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On-going conflicts worldwide

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of the active conflicts in the 2000s were initiated in countries that had already experienced civil war

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is the average number of years post-conflict peace lasts

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of peace agreements are not implemented

Three Objectives

Building Blocks

International Commission

The independent International Commission on Inclusive Peace consists of a diverse group of eminent experts and leaders, bringing together policy, practice, on-the-ground experiences and high-level political leadership.

The Commission is kickstarting the global participatory process to reframe thinking on the global peace agenda. A key work of the Commission is to amplify local voices, lived experiences and aspirations by anchoring the Initiative In both realpolitik and real society. It aims to collaboratively develop new principles, moral guidelines, norms and standards to generate momentum that seeks to transform incentives in order to achieve inclusive and sustainable peace.

Former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Yves Daccord

Switzerland

Co-Chair

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs & Former United Nations’ SRSG in Ivory Coast and Mali

Bert Koenders

Netherlands

Co-Chair

Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Iran / United Kingdom

Co-Chair

Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security

General Roméo Dallaire

Canada

Lead Convener: Security & Stabilization

Party to the Philippines Peace Agreement on the Bangsamoro & Former Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process in the Philippines

Teresita Quintos Deles

Philippines

Lead Convener: Local Ownership and Responsibility

Member of the Guatemalan Congress & Senior Diplomat

Bernardo Arévalo de León

Guatemala

Peace Activist & Co-founder of Elman Peace and Human Rights Center

Ilwad Elman

Somalia / Canada

Lead Convener: Youth, Peace and Security

Head of Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division at the African Union Commission (AUC)

Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga

Burundi

Chief Adviser for Religious and Cultural Affairs & Personal Envoy of HM

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad

Jordan

Former Deputy Minister of Finance & Former Deputy for the Secretariat for Peace Loya Jirga in Afghanistan in 2019

Naheed Sarabi

Afghanistan

Former Secretary of State for International Development

Rory Stewart

United Kingdom

Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Annika Söder

Sweden

A Collective Effort

The Stakeholder Platform brings together representatives of local, regional and international organizations, research institutes, governments, private sector entities and other relevant networks.

The Stakeholder Platform will accompany the International Commission on Inclusive Peace (ICIP) throughout its mandate and the development of the Principles for Peace. It will provide the ICIP with a sounding board, a vehicle for deeper outreach and advocacy.

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