GENEVA COVENANT OF MUTUAL OBLIGATION: Global Call for One Million Signatures

On August 12, 2025—UN International Youth Day—the Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation introduced the Geneva Covenant of Mutual Obligation, a generational commitment.

The Covenant seeks one million signatures worldwide—from youth, educators, technologists, artists, faith leaders, policymakers, and global citizens—dedicated to building peace with dignity, responsibility, and shared purpose.

The Covenant affirms that no lasting peace is possible without equal dignity, reciprocal freedom, universal protection of civilians, and mutual responsibility. It offers a civic vision for peace—beginning with Israeli–Palestinian mutual presence—rooted in the principles of Connected Sovereignty and Reciprocal Freedom.

The Ten Points of the Geneva Covenant of Mutual Obligation

1. Equal Dignity Is the Starting Point
   Every human life has equal worth. Justice begins when suffering is acknowledged—not selectively, but universally.
2. Universal Protection of Civilians
   Lasting peace requires condemnation of all deliberate attacks on civilians, dismantling armed extremist capabilities, ending incitement in education and media, and establishing guarantees of civilian safety.
3. Reciprocal Freedom
   One people’s dominance over another cannot sustain freedom. My security is bound to yours, and your liberty strengthens mine.
4. Responsibility Is a Civic Duty
   While history cannot be rewritten, the future can be reimagined through truth-telling, dialogue, education, and moral courage.
5. The Sacred Belongs to All
   The land is sacred to Jews, Muslims, Christians, and others. We reject the use of religion to justify violence, exclusion, or supremacy.
6. A Path Forward: Separation, Reconciliation, Cooperation
   • Separation with dignity: end daily domination and allow autonomous governance.
   • Reconciliation with truth: acknowledge history and promote healing.
   • Cooperation with shared purpose: build cooperative institutions between sovereign states.
7. Global Civic Compact
   We unite with all who uphold the mutual recognition, equal dignity, shared security, inclusive participation, and trust through healing.
8. Generational Commitment
   We pledge to honor dignity, prevent civilian harm, root out incitement, and empower young people to lead.
9. A Call to Global Solidarity
   Citizens, institutions, and nations must embrace shared humanity over allegiance to sides, affirming dignity and mutual obligation as living commitments.
10. A Global Compact for Resilience
    What begins here must extend globally—addressing climate change, inequality, displacement, and pandemics—making dignity and cooperation the common ground of our century.

A Movement to Sign On

The Geneva Covenant of Mutual Obligation is more than a statement—it is a civic invitation. Soon we will launch the Resilience Signatory Network, an independent platform where individuals and institutions worldwide can add their names in endorsement.

By signing, you affirm that peace is not imposed by politics but cultivated by people, and that a future of dignity and mutual responsibility belongs to us all.

📄 [Read the full Covenant text here]