Pathways to Peace. Strategies for a Model Curriculum for the Culture of Peace and the Role of Law

Despite the solemn proclamations and commitments that firmly root the human right to peace in international instruments, culminating in the 2016 UN Declaration on the Right to Peace, from a legal point of view the human right to peace continues to remain substantially undefined in its concrete contents, and, above all, poorly implemented worldwide. This essay, after having explored the normative foundations of the international peace law, highlights the importance of promoting peace education so that the right to peace does not remain only a paper entitlement, and proposes some possible paths for the spread of a culture of peace. From this perspective, particular attention is paid to the model curriculum for the culture of peace and the SDGs developed by a heterogeneous group of institutional and non-institutional actors of civil society in the context of the countries that have signed the Abraham Accords, but potentially extendable as a model on a global scale. Above all, the importance of the role of law and legal scholars in the construction of a culture of peace is underlined, with a specific focus on the potential of the so-called intercultural legal approach not only for the solution of issues related to cultural and religious diversity, but also as a practical tool for understanding the nature of conflicts and their resolution with respect for individuals and groups, developing the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to achieve and sustain a global culture of peace.