Principles for peace initiative

A new path to lasting peace

The Principles for Peace (P4P) 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.

An international high-level Commission will lead a global, inclusive, bottom-up and top-down process to develop principles for the processes around achieving lasting peace. The approach will anchor the initiative in both realpolitik and real society and contribute to bridging the gap between peace processes and local needs and aspirations. It will leverage cutting edge research, participatory consultations and public engagement to fundamentally re-think and re-shape peace processes worldwide.

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

Member of the Guatemalan Congress & Senior Diplomat

Bernardo Arévalo de León

Guatemala

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

Yves Daccord

Switzerland

Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security

General Roméo Dallaire

Canada

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

Ilwad Elman

Somalia / Canada

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

Bert Koenders

Netherlands

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

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Iran / United Kingdom

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

Teresita Quintos Deles

Philippines

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

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 will kickstart the global, participatory process to reframe thinking on the global peace agenda. An integral pillar of this initiative, and key to the work of the Commission, is the amplification of the voices of those whose destiny and lives are shaped by conflict. The Commission’s work will be anchored in a bottom-up process that engages people with lived experiences of conflict and peace processes.

A Collective Effort

The Stakeholder Platform is a multi-stakeholder engagement forum that consists of a wide network of key stakeholders from research institutes, governments, private sector entities, local, regional and international organizations and their networks.

The platform will enable mass engagement through global outreach, online citizen engagement as well as country and locally specific campaigns and consultations to amplify local voices, lived experiences and aspirations for inclusive and lasting peace.

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