Lesson 11

Law – Abiding Spirit and Law of

Ice Breaker
1. Each person gets a bingo card with squares.
2.Find people who match the statements on your card.
3.Talk and meet others to find matches.
4.When you find a match, ask them to sign your
square.
5.Keep playing until you get three signed squares in a
line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) and shout
"Bingo!"
6.Show your completed line of signed squares to the
facilitator or the group to confirm your win.
Opening Story
Lesson Objectives
1. Understand the law – abiding spirit through the necessity of law.

2. Understand that a binding law of peace is needed to achieve

peace.
 Exploration 1
Law-Abiding Spirit :
Basis of Law
Why do we need the “law”?
 The Role of Law: Maintaining
social order
Preventing and solving conflicts
02 02 Features of Law
03 Law – abiding Spirit and Examples
Discussion

1. "Why do we have laws and how are they different from what
we believe is right or wrong?"
 Exploration 3
International Document of Peace
: Declaration of Peace and
Cessation of War (DPCW)
Question to
ponder
Ukraine War
01 International Legal Document of Peace: DPCW
What is DPCW? Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War
 Why do we need the international legal
document of peace, DPCW?

1. Current international law does not include articles that can

end wars completely on Earth.
2. Peace is not a problem of one country but the problem that
should be solved at an international level.
3. A standard is needed for all citizens of peace to keep and
monitor.
 DPCW: 10 Articles & 38 Clauses
The
Mediation
&
Resolution
of
The Conflict
Prevention
of
Sustainable
Conflict
Peace
02 The Value of DPCW and its Contents
02 The Value of DPCW and its Contents
Article 9: Religion, ethnic identity and
peace
States should promote mutual understanding
between different religious or ethnic groups and
encourage consultations to identify the root
causes of tension. To prevent religious belief or
ethnic identity from being used as a pretext for
acts of violence, States should prosecute and
punish such activities.
Article 10: Spreading a culture of peace
Article 10 is about “spreading a culture of peace”
which suggests practical ways to achieve world
peace. According to Clause 1 of Article 10, States
should recognize and engage with groups and
organizations that seek to further the cause of
peace as a global movement
03 0P3 rocess of Realizing the
DPCW
03 0P3 rocess of Realizing the
DPCW
 Conclusion

The law-abiding spirit : willing to keep the law, maintain order, and
protect peace

Citizens of peace : those who have internalized traits of peace and

those who are a walking with law of peace.

International Legal Document of Peace, DPCW

: Current international law can’t end wars completely on Earth, so
a legal instrument is needed to end wars and achieve world peace