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In the last ten years several peace agreements have been signed. At first glance this development seems positive. However, if we analyse the successfulness of the peace-building processes, the picture becomes less rosy. Some peace processes, like those in Northern Ireland and South Africa, seem to have travelled the difficult road to sustainable peace. Others, like those in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, the Middle East and Angola, seem, at best, to have stopped the fighting for a time.
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This text was first published as: Reychler, L., & Langer, A. (2003). Peacebuilding Software. Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, 35(2), 53–73. Reprinted with permission.
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The competing character of four values (truth, peace, mercy and justice) has been discussed by Lederach (1997).
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Karadzic was eventually tried at The Hague in 2008 and Mladic in 2011. Both are now serving life sentences for their war crimes.
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Reychler, L., Langer, A. (2020). Peacebuilding Software . In: Reychler, L., Langer, A. (eds) Luc Reychler: A Pioneer in Sustainable Peacebuilding Architecture. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40208-2_10
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