Re-visiting the right to peace
Re-visiting the right to peace

Summary/Abstract: The article contains a brief analysis, from an institutional, legal and diplomatic perspective, of the latest developments in the drafting of a declaration on the right to peace, with special emphasis on the modest and inconclusive results achieved by the Human Rights Council by 2014. The origins of the concept of the right to peace, the reasons for the codification and progressive development of this right, the difficulties encountered in the universal recognition of this right, and the uncertain prospects of finalizing a comprehensive document that unambiguously enshrines the right to peace, both as an individual and collective right, are studied. The links between the right to peace, the right to life, the right to development and the definition of a culture of peace are also mentioned.

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