A GUIDE FOR PEACEMAKING

ThePeacemakingCovenant

While the eight Principles for Peace form the foundation of the Peacemaking Covenant, the Covenant goes further, by demonstrating the depths of the principles, how they are and can be applied in practice and showcasing concrete examples from the cases studied 

The Peacemaking Covenant emerged from two-years of deliberation and sustained engagements with grassroots and high-level voices. It echoes the international community’s commitment to rights and justice-based order reflected in international law.

The Peacemaking Covenant aims to provoke a substantive reimagining of the peacemaking ecosystem to transform:

1. How peacemaking is conceived

2. How local and international actors work together

3. How peacemaking is implemented to reconfigure state-society relations

4. How social groups interact

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The eight Principles for Peace are the foundation of the Peacemaking Covenant. They were designed to consider the choices, trade-offs, and decisions of those involved in peacemaking processes. They reflect the belief that practical actions and concrete peacemaking programmes must embrace a comprehensive and ethical vision — all while recognising the serious challenges and obstacles to building sustainable and secure peace that exist in often challenging geopolitical contexts.

key documents

Download the Peacemaking Covenant (full-version / English)

Download the Peacemaking Covenant Map