A new version of the Bahá’í Reference Library is now available. This ‘old version’ of the Bahá’í Reference Library will be replaced at a later date.

The new version of the Bahá’i Reference Library can be accessed here »

Peace

  • Author:
  • Various

  • Source:
  • Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, August 1985
  • Pages:
  • 40
Go to printed page GO
Page 16

40: A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of…

A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of every nation, where members from each country and government shall assemble in unity. All disputes shall be brought before this Court, its mission being to prevent war.
(“Paris Talks: Addresses given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911–1912”, 11th ed. (London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979), p. 132) [40]