自一九七一年開始，第三世代人權的概念被提出，並於國際研討會或國際法研究者廣被議論，「首平」做為一種權利的想法才開始萌芽。其後，聯合國及相關組織相繼通過一連串的決議，才使得和平權逐漸被視為「國際人標」的範疇。 聯合國教育科學文化組織於一九七五年通過〈利用科學和技術發展以促進和平並造福人類宣言〉；聯合國大會於一九七八年通過〈為和平生活社會而準備宣言〉；聯合國大會於一九八二年通過〈婦女參加促進國際和平與合作宣言〉；聯合國大會於一九八四年通過〈人民和平權利宣言〉，將享受和平規定為人民的一項神聖權利。所有這些決議均在於增強世界人民的和平意識、促進各國爭取和平的努力，在聯合國的努力之下，和平權的發展終於日漸蓬勃與改善。在國家實踐方面，體現「和平權」的國際文件多數屬於國際組織的決議的或宣言，只有一個區域性國際公約規定這些權利，即一九八一年由非洲統一組織通過，於一九八六年開始生效的《非洲人權和民族權憲章》。有些非政府間組織建議制定有普遍法律拘束力的國際文化來確立新一世代人權，例如在阿爾孟罕墨會議(Armand Hammer Conference)上即有代表提出要求制第三個國際人權公約，以規定第三世代人權的社會連帶(Solidarity)權利。 國際社會多年來已經在幾次重要時刻宣佈：人權也包括人們要求和平的權利。自一九七七年年聯合國人權委會正式提出「和平權」這個概念以來，世界各國普遍認同，開始視和平權為人權中不可分割的部份。然而，「和平權」的概念雖然確立，無庸諱言地，和平權做為人權的保障並不充分。與同為第三世代人權的「發展權」或「環境權」等相較，近年來和平權的討論亦不活潑，具體保障內容更是付之闕如：本文旨在探討和平權做為第三世代人權的屬性，並從其法律性質分析和平權停滯發展的原因，最後提出對和平權的未來展望。

Only since 1971 when the concept of third-generation was put forward and widely discussed in international conferences and among researchers of international law, the term “peace” started to assume the meaning as a right. Thereafter, the UN and related organizations passed series of resolutions, clearing the way for the right to peace to be encompassed in the category of “international human rights”. For example, the Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind proclaimed by UNECSO in 1975, the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace proclaimed by the UN the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace by the UN Convention in 1978, the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation proclaimed in 1982, and the resolution of Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Pace passed in 1984, which “solemnly proclaims that the peoples of our planet have a sacred right to peace”, all aim to raise peoples of our planet’s awareness about peace and appeals to all States to strengthen their efforts in the maintenance of peace. With the endeavor of UN, the development of the right to peace receives gradual progress and improvement. As for the implementation of the right to peace on the national scale, most international documents that prescribe the right to peace are the resolutions or declarations of international organizations, and only one regional convention has stipulated these rights, that is, The African Charter on Human Rights and People’s Rights passed by the Organization of African Unity in 1981 and came into force in 1986. some NGOs suggest the enactment of international document with universally binding force to ensure the legal grounds of human rights in the new era. For example, in the Armand Hammer Conference, there were representatives calling for the enactment of a third international convention on human rights to stipulate the right of solidarity as a part of the third-generation human rights. International community has announced several times at critical moments in the past years: human rights contain peoples right to peace. Since 1977 when the United Nations Commission on Human rights officially proposed the concept of “the right to peace”, States around the world universally recognize and deem it as an indivisible part of human rights. However, ascertained as it is, the situation remains that the right to peace is not a sufficient means of protection for human rights. Compared wit “the right to development’ and “the right to environment” classified as third-generation human rights, right to peace has not received ample discussions, let alone specific content to ensure it implementation. This article intends to discuss the attributes of the right to peace as a third-generation human right, and through the qualitative analysis of legal aspects to look for its stagnation. The final parts are devoted to the future prospects of the right to peace.