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Journal articleThe Sovereignty of Sentience: A Phenomenological Approach to Peace for International LawAn article by the Director in the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, published online on 8 October 2026, reads international law against a definition of peace.Learn more
EventSide event at the fifty-eighth session of the Human Rights CouncilOrganized and moderated by the Institute on 24 March 2025 in Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva, under the title “The Future of Peace: Defining a Foundation for Global Peacecraft”.Learn more
CommentaryWhat would it take for law to be built for peace?The Director explains the 2026 article in plain language: what a clear definition of peace would ask of international law.Learn moreThe Institute for Global Peacecraft (IGP) is an independent, non-profit peace research institute in Stockholm, in special consultative status with the United Nations. It studies how the concept of peace is defined and used, to identify the common ground between these definitions and articulate it as a comprehensive theory of change for global peace. It works in support of the United Nations system, its Member States and the wider peacebuilding community.
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CommentaryPeace in Law, Policy and Institutions
What would it take for law to be built for peace? October 2026
Journal articleCommon Ground for Peace
The Sovereignty of Sentience: A Phenomenological Approach to Peace for International Law
8 October 2026
United Nations statementPeace in Law, Policy and Institutions
From Exploitation to Equitable Peace: Advancing Economic Justice Through Irenomics (A/HRC/60/NGO/307)
27 August 2025
United Nations statementPeace in Law, Policy and Institutions
Statement to the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (E/C.2/2025/CRP.48, item 66)
July 2025
Recent events
Workshop
Peace in International Law: Myth, Reality, or Legal Obligation?
7 November 2025 | Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (invited presentation)
Workshop
Ontology of Peace: Reflections on Pluriversality
24 June 2023 | O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India (invited presentation)
No upcoming events are announced at present.
News and commentary
Latest newsResearch traineeships
Eight Research Trainees begin the autumn 2026 traineeship
15 September 2026
Latest newsAbout the Institute
The Peace and Conflict Science Institute becomes the Institute for Global Peacecraft
22 October 2025
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