The article is devoted to the analysis of the constitutional and legal foundations of the right to peace, consideration of the practice of its application, and also to the identification of problems in legal regulation and implementation mechanisms.
The article notes that the right to peace should include the following components: the right to advocate peace; peaceful coexistence and peaceful cooperation; prohibition of the threat and use of force; the right to development, which is an exclusive condition for peace; the right to human rights education; mechanisms for maintaining peace and security; remedies for violations of the right to peace; and the right to resist colonial foreign occupation and dictatorship.
Despite the fact that the right to peace is enshrined in international standards, its implementation is constantly subject to negative impact. International acts are usually declarative and do not have effective mechanisms to enforce their provisions by signatories. Of course, this is primarily due to the peculiarity of the subject composition of international law, as its main participants are states. They cannot be subject to the same methods of coercion as individuals or legal entities.
Another, and currently the most obvious problem, is the imperfection of international institutions such as the United Nations (UN). Despite its broad powers, the UN faces difficulties in taking collective action due to political differences between member states. For example, the veto of permanent members of the Security Council often paralyses decision-making in crisis situations, making it difficult to respond to conflicts and ensure peace.
The main problems hindering the realization of the right to peace include: insufficient effectiveness of international law; focus of the political will of individual States on creating a threat to world security through their own domestic national interests; weakness of the role of international organizations in maintaining world order; impossibility of applying to the State violating international law such sanctions which would ensure respect for rights in the future; failure of States to comply with the decisions of international courts aimed at restoring violated rights.
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