Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions


Goal 16 is about promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation.

However, ongoing and new violent conflicts around the world are derailing the global path to peace and achievement of Goal 16. Alarmingly, the year 2022 witnessed a more than 50 per cent increase in conflict-related civilian deaths – the first since the adoption of Agenda 2030 – largely due to the war in Ukraine.

High levels of armed violence and insecurity have a destructive impact on a country’s development, while sexual violence, crime, exploitation and torture are prevalent where there is conflict or no rule of law, and countries must take measures to protect those who are most at risk.

Governments, civil society and communities need to work together to find lasting solutions to conflict and insecurity. Strengthening the rule of law and promoting human rights is key to this process, as is reducing the flow of illicit arms, combating corruption, and ensuring inclusive participation at all times.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

International Coalition for Agunah Rights

ICAR 1989 Jerusalem Israel G

International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines

ICHRP 2013 E

International Coalition for Religious Freedom

ICRF Washington DC USA F

International Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure

Ratify OP3CRC E y

International Coalition of Cities against Racism

2004 Paris France F

International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

ICSC 1999 New York NY USA B y

International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons

ICBUW 2003 Berlin Germany F y

International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea

ICNK 2011 New York NY USA E y

International Cocoa Agreement, 1972

1972 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 1975

1975 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 1980

1980 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 1986

1986 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 1993

1993 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 2001

2001 T g

International Cocoa Agreement, 2010

2010 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 1962

1962 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 1968

1968 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 1976

1976 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 1982

1982 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 1994

1994 T g

International Coffee Agreement, 2001

2000 London UK T g

International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting

ICCR 2011 C y

International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

2006 Guatemala Guatemala E g

International Commission against the Death Penalty

ICDP 2010 Madrid Spain C

International Commission for the History of State Assemblies

1936 Rome Italy D

International Commission for the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples

ICRA International 1988 Fontenay-sous-Bois France E

International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching

1950 Berlin Germany E v

International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care

ICCPPC 1950 Eindhoven Netherlands D v

International Commission of Jurists

ICJ 1952 Geneva Switzerland B y

International Commission on Civil Status

ICCS 1948 Strasbourg France D g

International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Commandos

IBDC 1952 Montreuil France E v

International Committee for Robot Arms Control

ICRAC 2009 Sheffield UK E

International Committee for the Dignity of Children

1991 Lausanne Switzerland G

International Committee for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Incomindios 1973 Zurich Switzerland G

International Committee for the Safeguarding of Linguistic Rights in Asturies

ICSLRA N

International Committee of Editors of Diplomatic Documents

ICEDD 1988 Bern Switzerland C

International Committee of Historical Sciences

ICHS 1926 Turin Italy A y

International Committee of Memorial Museums for the Remembrance of Victims of Public Crimes

IC MEMO 2001 New York NY USA E v

International Committee of Sports for the Deaf

ICSD 1924 Lausanne Switzerland B y

International Committee of the Red Cross

ICRC 1863 Geneva Switzerland F v

International Committee on Regulatory Authority Research and Development

ICRARD 1994 C g

International Community for Ecopsychology

ICE N

International Community Justice Association

ICJA 1963 Columbus OH USA G

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

ICW 1992 F v

International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum

ICPA-Forum E

International Compliance Association

ICA 2001 Birmingham UK G

International Compliance Professionals Association

ICPA Springtown TX USA N t

International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas

CICAE 1955 Berlin Germany D

International Confederation of Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies

ICCPCA 1969 E v

International Conference for Electronic Voting

E-VOTE-ID 2007 S c

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