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PEACE, JUSTICE, Every day,

AND STRONG 100
civilians
INSTITUTIONS: – including
WHY THEY women and
children –
MATTER are
What’s the goal
here?
Conflict, insecurity, weak
institutions and limited
access to justice remain
killed in
Promote peaceful and
inclusive societies for
sustainable development,
threats to sustainable
development. In 2019, the
number of people fleeing
armed
conflict
provide access to justice for all war, persecution and conflict
and build effective, exceeded 79.5 million, the
accountable and inclusive highest level ever recorded.

s
institutions at all levels. One in four children
continues to be deprived of
Why? legal identity through lack of
People everywhere need to be birth registration, often
free of fear from all forms of limiting their ability to despite
violence and feel safe as they exercise rights in other areas.
go about their lives whatever
their ethnicity, faith or sexual
The COVID-19 pandemic
threatens to
protections
orientation. under
amplify and
exploit fragilities
to address must work
together to internation
across the globe. this? implement

What needs Governments, lasting solutions al law

civil society and to reduce
to be done communities violence, deliver
justice, combat need to be in Armed violence
corruption and place to deliver and insecurity have
ensure inclusive basic services to a destructive
participation at communities impact on a
all times. equitably and country’s
without the need development,
Freedom to
for bribes. affecting economic
express views, in
growth and often
private and in
How does resulting in long-
public, must be
guaranteed. From this goal standing
grievances among
2015 to 2019, the apply to me, communities.
United
Nations recorded
wherever I
Violence affects
at least 1,940 live? children’s health,
killings and 106 Crimes that development and
enforced threaten the well-being, and
disappearances of foundation of their ability to
human rights peaceful societies, thrive. It causes
defenders, including trauma and
journalists and homicides, human weakens social
trade unionists trafficking and inclusion.
across 81 other organized
Lack of access to
countries, with crimes, as well as
justice means that
over half of discriminatory
conflicts remain
killings occurring laws or practices,
unresolved and
in Latin America affect all countries.
people cannot
and the Even the world’s
obtain protection
Caribbean. Laws greatest
and redress.
and policies must democracies face
Institutions that do
be applied major challenges in
not function
without any form addressing
according to
of discrimination. corruption, crime
legitimate laws are
Disputes need to and human rights
prone to
be resolved violations for
arbitrariness and
through everyone at home.
abuse of power,
functioning and
and less capable of
justice systems. What would delivering public
National and be the cost services to
local institutions
of not taking everyone.
must be
accountable and action now?
To exclude and and other
to discriminate Sustainable
not only violates Development
human rights, Goals, visit:
but also causes
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resentment and
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animosity, and
sustainabledevelop
could give rise to
ment
violence.

What can
we do?
Exercise your right
to hold your
elected officials to
account. Exercise
your right to
freedom of
information and
share your opinion
with your elected
representatives.

Promote
inclusion and
respect towards
people of
different ethnic
origins, religions,
gender, sexual
orientations or
different
opinions.
Together, we
can help to
improve
conditions for a
life of dignity for
all.

To find out more

about Goal #16