FEATURES OF RECONCILIATION AND ITS PERSPECTIVES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THE VIOLENCE CONFLICT

• Main Author: Kostiantyn Semchynskyi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts 2019-07-01
• Series: Міжнародні відносини: теоретико-практичні аспекти
• Subjects: конфлікт; примирення; політичний процес; розбудова миру; суспільство; насильство
• Online Access: http://international-relations.knukim.edu.ua/article/view/177619
• ISSN: 2616-745X; 2616-7794

Identifying the prospects of reconciliation at various stages of the violent conflict is a matter of urgent concern, since during the conflict the foundations of a post-conflict settlement are laid down, the effectiveness of reconciliation and the possibility of building peace in the future depend on. The purpose of the work is to study the peculiarities of interaction between the parties during the deep interstate conflict and between the parties during the civil conflict within the state. Applying systematic, analytical and comparative methods, the author characterizes political reconciliation as a long-term social and inclusive process, which is designed to transform the unhappy co-existence of the parties to the conflict into a common political participation in public institutions and political processes through the gradual education of respect for both new institutions and former enemies. The four components of reconciliation – peace, justice, truth and forgiveness – must be interconnected in this process. As a result of the study, the author determines the obligatory elements of the interaction between the parties during and after the violent conflict, socio-psychological means of perception and interpretation of the past and future, the development of positive relations and reformatting them cultural and value paradigm, as well as the transformation of socio-economic reality. The conclusions revealed that the ideal model or perfect method of reconciliation after a violent conflict does not exist, therefore, in each particular case, the particularities of reconciliation vary, depending on the ability of the parties to creatively and effectively approach the process of reconciliation, from their ability to assume consistently the loss, cruelty and pain of the past for the sake of prospects for a common future. At the same time, the author comes to the conclusion that the prospects of reconciliation during and after the end of the violent conflict are determined by the practical manifestation of cooperation and the creation of reliable safeguards against the recurrence of the conflict in the future in order to build sustainable and lasting positive peace between the parties.