Achieving peace

Canadian culture p2 country, the identity became separate from the UK. Although there were still British colonies, people were free to start developing their own identity. The Canadian government policy has predominantly been one of peace-keeping. In the 1960s the United States started to become more violent, and Canada remained peaceful, people looked to Canada as a place to get away from violence (“Canada in the 19th”, 2009). Canada is known worldwide for being peaceful, and

reasons to the most valid of excuses. It is an evident fact that different organizations in the world strive for peace, but the leaders of various countries and their citizens’ do not rise up and march towards a peaceful society. Even in their home land, violence is the norm, and even in some instances glorified. Until peace is whole hearted sought after and yearned for by all, peace is entirely impossible. The plain honest truth is that there is too much ignorance for us to live in a peaceful

Introduction In addition to conventional societies known to the world, “utopian thinkers have developed imaginary visions of ideal city, a nowhere, where all obstacles are removed” (Manuel 1973). This vision has inaugurated the quest for human’s happiness and fulfilment in an alternative better world known as intentional community, among which New Harmony. Obviously, this community was composed of people produced by different types of cultures, education and societies, who joined the community from

Resolution 2098 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 28th March 2013 regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The UN recognized the lack of progress in DRC and adopted the resolution creating the Intervention Brigade unanimously. These difficulties had already been highlighted previously and it was recommended to address the violence issue in a more robust way, notably after the humanitarian failures of the 1990s (genocide in Rwanda, in Srebrenica, massacres

Wars have been waging on the Earth as far back as written history in its various forms of art could document. In the past, military conflict was far more unforgiving than it is today as modern international humanitarian laws have regulated war to a certain extent. Civilians are now protected against various war crimes such as genocide and therefore distanced from the wars waged by their nation’s government against enemies. This distance and protection given to the civilian population has numbed them

“Just war theory is the attempt to distinguish between justifiable and unjustifiable uses of organized armed forces”. (Justwartheory.com) “Just war theory deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. The justification can be either theoretical or historical. The theoretical aspect is concerned with ethically justifying war and the forms that warfare may or may not take. The historical aspect, or the "just war tradition," deals with the historical body of rules or agreements that

Introduction There are several humanitarian wars took place after the Cold War. It is refers to military action for humanitarian purpose. It occurs when a country is facing massive killings or violation of human rights. Troops responsible for humanitarian purpose called peacekeeping team. It is controversial as it involves the contradiction between human right and sovereignty. In most cases, reason of sending troops for humanitarian intervention is at the time when human rights and principle of

guardians (i.e. soldiers) must have peace at their heart, as their purpose. He also highlights how they should abstain from spoiling the dead of hindering their burial, devastating territory or burning houses and enslavement or destruction. Moreover, he highlights how guardians shouldn’t suppose that the whole population is their enemy. so they should distinguish between civilians, soldiers and leaders. In addition, they should have a regard for human rights and having peace as the purpose of war (Plato

and express their personal and artistic freedom at a place called Woodstock. During a time when Americans were pitted against each other because of war and turbulence, the three day festival, Woodstock, would influence a cultural change with its peace, love, and ambience. In the late sixties during the Vietnam War, the country turned against itself. Many people were against the war because they thought it was unnecessary, they felt it was unjust and wanted the bloodshed to end. Opposition became

The concept of “just war” is built on the assumption that war is bad and should be avoided, but there also may be times when warfare is justified. Just war theories usually address two main areas: First, under what conditions is it right to go to war? Second, is there a moral way to conduct a war? As for the history of just war theories, the ancient Greeks and Romans sometimes discussed the morality of war. Cicero (106–43 B.C.), for instance, argued that the only acceptable reason for war is self