The 12 Principles of Peace by 2030

  • Humanity is one human family. The security, dignity, prosperity, and future of one people are connected to the security, dignity, prosperity, and future of all.
  • The rule of law governs all relationships. Justice is the foundation of cooperation and lasting peace; grievances and unequal treatment left unresolved become seeds of conflict.
  • Consultation and agreement replace fighting and disputes. Reason, listening, fairness, free and respectful expression, compromise, and mutual respect replace domination, humiliation, coercion, threat and hostility.
  • Collective Security based on International Law.Aggression is deterred, collectively resisted, and stopped under agreed rules rather than unilateral action.
  • Peaceful Settlement and Prevention of Conflict. Mediation, arbitration, negotiation, courts, early-warning systems, and diplomacy are used before military aggression can take place.
  • Universal Human Rights based on Human Dignity and Worth. Every person possesses inherent dignity and basic rights that governments and institutions are obligated to respect and protect.
  • Equality, Inclusion, and Freedom of Conscience. Peace requires the rejection of racial, religious, cultural, national, gender, sexual orientation, gender, and political prejudice. Freedom of belief and conscience is protected.
  • Citizenship depends on Universal Education. Education develops upright character, critical thought, skills, talents, service, cooperation and responsible citizenship at local, national, and world levels.
  • Cooperation based upon Shared Responsibility. Problems that cross borders—war, climate, disease, migration, cyber threats, crime, poverty, and environmental degradation—require cooperation among nations and peoples to ameliorate.
  • Arms Reduction and Responsible Security.Excessive armaments, nuclear dangers, and military competition will be reduced while preserving sufficient lawful capacity for genuine defense and collective security.
  • Economic Fairness and Shared Human Development. Economic systems should expand opportunity, provide security, make work productive, and offer fair participation.
  • Practical, Measurable, Nonpartisan Peace.Peace belongs to humanity—not to one party, nation, religion, ideology, organization, or personality.

The Distinctive Peace by 2030 Proposition

Principles of peace have long existed. The distinctive purpose of Peace by 2030 is to close the implementation gap: to move from only hopes and ideals, toward practical agreements, rules, institutions, beneficial relationships, systems of collective security, and civil commitments to form a firm and durable peace among nations.

This is humanity’s present age of transition, from squabbling children to hugging siblings.

Our parents are the cruelties and sufferings we’ve all endured.