ABSTRACT

Despite the solemn proclamations and commitments that firmly root the human right to peace in international instruments, resulting in the 2016 UN Declaration on the Right to Peace, from a legal point of view the human right to peace is still substantially undefined in its contents, and, above all, poorly implemented worldwide. The essay, after exploring the normative foundations of international peace law, stresses the importance of promoting peace education so that the right to peace does not remain just a paper entitlement, and proposes some possible paths for the spread of a culture of peace. In 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 signed the Abraham Accords, bit potentially extendable as a model on a global scale. Above all, the importance of the role of law and  legal scholars in building a culture of peace is emphasized, 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 needed to achieve and sustain a global culture of peace.