Type of Institution: University and Research Institute
Focal Area: Peace and Security
Region: Americas
Country: Costa Rica
Description:
The UN-mandated University for Peace promotes the central importance of education, training and research for building the foundations of peace and progress in the world, while reducing the prejudice and hatred on which violence, conflict and terrorism are based. UPEACE aims "to contribute to the great universal task of educating for peace by engaging in teaching, research, post-graduate training and dissemination of knowledge fundamental to the full development of the human person and societies through the interdisciplinary study of all matters related to peace."
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