Category
page 1Peace mechanisms
amnesty
Amnesty () is defined as "A pardon extended by a government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of people who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted." Though the term "general pardon" has a similar definition, an amnesty constitutes more than a pardon, in so much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.
An amnesty law is any law that retroactively exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for crimes committe

ceasefire
thumb|250px|A truce—not a compromise, but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to retire gracefully from their very civil declarations of warBy Thomas Nast in ''[[Harper's Weekly'', February 17, 1877, p. 132.]]
peace treaty
agreement between two or more hostile parties which formally ends a state of war
transitional justice
judicial and non-judicial measures implemented in order to redress legacies of human rights abuses or segments of past injustices
prisoner exchange
deal between belligerents in a conflict
truth and reconciliation commission
independent commission tasked with discovering past crimes against humanity by a government. Starting in Latin America in the 1980s, several such commissions were initiated worldwide from the 1990s
humanitarian corridor
type of temporary demilitarized zone
arms embargo
embargo that applies to weaponry