Recurrence of domestic armed conflict is rapidly becoming the most prevalent form of major organized conflict inthe international system. Scholarly work and practical responses to this phenomena have largely focused on economicdevelopment, third party intervention or the identity divisions in post Civil War states. Drawing on both civil war andinstitutional social capital, this work tests the role of institutions in a post-violence state. As such, this paper arguesthat institutions of state, and specifically prioritizing inclusive institutions and fair institutions of order, signal postcivil war states commitment to enduring peace in the short-term and provide fair space for cross-group interaction inthe long-term. Those institutions have been shown in social capital literature to aid in generating social trust. In thecontext of the post-domestic violence state, I argue, they can reduce pervasive inter-group mistrust bridging suspicionbetween identity groups and reducing domestic security dilemma. Such institutional effects can reduce the hazard ofreverting to violence. I test those assertions plotting measures of trust promoting institutions on probability of violencerecurrence at three different time points to assert institutional effects in short and longer time horizons. Strong supportis found for the pacifying role of credible and fair institutions of order for all time periods, while inclusive institutionaleffects become a significant factor in the long-term. The significance of the findings of this research rests on the clearimplications it has for practical policy output that is within the reach of post civil violence states.