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This chapter presents an historical account of international human rights law and debates related to peace and war, from the ideas of moral justifications for waging war, to “just” ways of fighting, international humanitarian law, and universal human rights declarations, through to the declarations on the right to a just and positive peace.
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Devere, H. (2022). The Right to Peace: From Just War to Just Peace. In: Standish, K., Devere, H., Suazo, A., Rafferty, R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5_24
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