The Nexus between Peace, Human Rights and Development in the Promotion of People’s Human Rights in Zimbabwe Bothwell Chitengu Ph.D Candidate College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Gover

Abstract

This paper seeks to clearly explain some crucial links between peace, human
rights and development. The central argument is that there has been a recent
discovery of the strong link between peace, human rights and development which
has to be exploited for effective human development to be realised. The major
findings were that there is a strong dialectical nexus between peace, human rights
and development. The central conclusions were that the article constructed a theory
of ‘positive peace, participation and human rights’, which takes into account
peace, human rights and development in order to promote the quality of human
rights. Furthermore, the article argues that the absence of effective institutions to
promote and respect human rights may lead to a conflict trap and resultantly an
upsurge of physical violence. The findings were that there is need to take into
account the linkages between peace and human rights which are crucial in the
improvement of the quality of human rights for the people. The policy implications
deriving from this research were that there is dire need to integrate the three
pillars of peace, development and human rights to reduce conflict and promote
stability in societies. Peace and human rights are key phrases used.