The International Peace Charter
The text below is the formal, adoptable version of the International Peace Charter. It translates our public-facing principles into clear, legally actionable commitments that governments and institutions can endorse, implement, and measure. It is designed to complement existing international law, align with domestic frameworks, and provide a common standard for cooperation, accountability, and peaceful conflict resolution.
Declare Peace
Commit to the cessation of military conflicts by ending all forms of military conflict and to renouncing war, armed conflict, and all forms of organized violence as tools of policy, and to cultivating nonviolence, cooperation, and mutual respect across nations and communities.
Dialogue
Commit to resolving disputes through peaceful dialogue, backed by professional mediation, reconciliation, and early-warning systems, so tensions de-escalate and conflicts transition into durable peace.
Disarm for Humanity
Commit to the progressive reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear and conventional weapons, end the profit motive in the arms trade, and redirect resources toward education, health, and human development.
Redefine Military Purpose
Commit to limiting militaries to defense, civilian protection, and lawful peacekeeping, and to prohibiting offensive operations or foreign intervention that undermine stability.
Respect Sovereignty
Commit to respecting territorial integrity under international law while upholding peoples’ right to pursue self-determination peacefully, democratically, and without external coercion.
Protect Humanity
Commit to ending discrimination and group-based exclusion; protect cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, and religious diversity and equal rights, recognizing inclusion and dignity as foundations of lasting peace.
Fair Justice
Commit to fair, impartial justice at local, national, and international levels – including the ICC – and to transitional-justice processes that deliver truth, accountability, reconciliation, and healing
Defend Truth
Commit to safeguarding the information commons by countering disinformation, incitement, and hate speech, while protecting free expression and expanding access to reliable, independent information.
Environmental Peace
Commit to preventing conflict by addressing climate risks, resource scarcity, and ecological degradation, and by ensuring fair access to land, water, food, and energy for all.
Collective Harmony
Commit to promoting meditation in public institutions and communities to enhance well-being, reduce stress and violence, and strengthen collective harmony.
Heal & Rebuild
Commit to healing the wounds of violence through truth-telling, reparations, trauma-informed support, and community reconciliation, restoring trust and social bonds for future peace.