Peace and Human Rights: Communitarianism and the Limits to Liberal Peace

Peace can be understood as a pact for the perfection of institutions and through them the positivation of rights. In today’s world, international wars and conflicts are marked by the cultural identities to which they relate, bringing to the fore historical social and humanitarian injustices. In this sense, it is possible to rethink peace studies via the communitarian perspective. Such a perspective points to social recognition for the appeal to human diversity, values being constructed according to each society or social group and not a priori with liberal presuppositions. In a society where rights exist for one group and not for another, the identity of the unrecognized group occurs through denial of rights. In addition to discrimination, non-realization of rights equally for all causes low-esteem and inhumanity obscuring social interaction that hinders recognition. In this context, this article defends what is expected as minority recognition is the possibility of self-affirmation as a group through the real participation of minority members in the majority group of equitable forms for the establishment of participatory governance of civil society in the effectiveness of peace.