ABSTRACT
Peace does not necessarily signify the absence of conflict. It may well be that a certain perception of what peace or ‘just peace’, or ‘just order’ is, or ought to be, generates or exacerbates conflicts. The ‘restoration of international peace and security’ is, indeed, the legitimate objective of the use of force as authorized by the United Nations (UN) Security Council (Art. 42 of the UN Charter). Peace-keeping, peace enforcement, peace-making, or post-conflict peace-building are concepts relating, in different ways, to conflict and conflict management (Ghali 1992).
