10.7910/DVN/TZZOEX Ozcelik, Asli Asli Ozcelik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-6593 University of Glasgow Shaw, Daniel Odin Daniel Odin Shaw https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0610-5917 Queen's University Belfast Harvard Dataverse 2023 Social Sciences youth, peace agreements, ceasefire agreements Ozcelik, Asli Asli Ozcelik University of Glasgow 2023-07-27 2023-07-27 2023-08-02 57713 132519 77747 application/pdf application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 2.0 Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The dataset (YPAD) compiles 208 peace agreements which were concluded in the period of 1990-2022 and make an express textual reference to youth, young people, and similar. These represent approximately 12% of all peace agreements concluded in this period. The agreements in YPAD address inter-state, intra-state, or local level armed conflicts, relating to 70 peace processes from across the world. YPAD offers a thematic categorisation of the references to youth in peace agreements under eight main themes and 53 sub-themes.