Peace mechanisms

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

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.]]

agreement between two or more hostile parties which formally ends a state of war

judicial and non-judicial measures implemented in order to redress legacies of human rights abuses or segments of past injustices

deal between belligerents in a conflict

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

type of temporary demilitarized zone

embargo that applies to weaponry