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

Société de législation comparée

1869 Paris France F

Société des Missions Etrangères de la Province de Québec

SMEPQ 1921 Laval QC Canada R

Société française pour le droit international

SFDI 1967 Strasbourg France N

Société internationale de droit canonique et de législations religieuses comparées

1956 Paris France C

Société internationale Fernand De Visscher pour l'histoire des droits de l'antiquité

1941 Liège Belgium F v

Société internationale pour l'enseignement commercial

SIEC 1901 Peoria IL USA C

Société internationale pour l'histoire du français langue étrangère ou seconde

SIHFLES 1987 Tours France E v

Société pour l'administration du droit de reproduction mécanique des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs

SDRM 1935 Neuilly-sur-Seine France G

Society for Austro-Arab Relations

SAAR 1982 Vienna Austria G

Society for Computers and Law

1973 G

Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues

SERCI 2001 J

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

SHAFR 1967 Murfreesboro TN USA G

Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics

SIOE 1997 Lausanne Switzerland C v

Society for Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling

SIPCC 1995 Düsseldorf Germany C

Society for Medical Decision Making

SMDM 1979 Bridgewater Township NJ USA G

Society for Medieval Canon Law

1988 Keele UK D v

Society for Organizational Learning

SOL 1997 North Andover MA USA D

Society for Participatory Research in Asia

PRIA 1982 Delhi India G

Society for Research in Child Development

SRCD 1933 Washington DC USA G

Society for Social Choice and Welfare

1992 Caen France D

Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

SALSA 2001 C

Society for the Promotion of Human Rights in Employment

SPHRE 1997 Hamilton ON Canada N

Society for the Protection of Human and Environmental Rights International

SPHER International London UK J

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

SPUC 1967 London UK G

Society for the Study of Social Problems

SSSP 1951 Knoxville TN USA G v

Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus

Nicolas Barré 1662 Le Mesnil-Esnard France R

Soeurs des Petites Filles Pauvres de l'Institut Palazzolo

1869 Bergamo Italy R

Soeurs Franciscaines Elisabethines

1828 Padua Italy R

Soeurs Servantes du Saint-Coeur de Marie

SSCM 1860 Montréal QC Canada R

Soka Gakkai International

SGI 1975 Tokyo Japan F

Solar Cookers International

SCI 1987 Sacramento CA USA F

Soldiers of Peace International Association

SPIA 1988 Lyon France E

SOLIDAR

1948 Brussels Belgium F y

SOLIDARIDAD Network

1969 Utrecht Netherlands F

Solidarity among Women - Development Initiatives for Women in the Third World

1982 Vienna Austria G

Solidarity for ASEAN People's Advocacy

SAPA 2006 Bangkok Thailand F

Solidarity for Development and Peace

1987 Madrid Spain G

Solutions in Organisations Link-up

SOLWorld 2002 Cheltenham UK F

Sommet de la grande région

Luxembourg Luxembourg S cg

Sommet européen

S cg

Sommet franco-africain

S cg

Sommets des parlements d'Europe

1975 S c

Sonke Gender Justice Network

2006 Cape Town South Africa G

Soroptimist International

SI 1928 Cambridge UK B y

Soroptimist International Africa Federation

SIAF D

Soroptimist International of Europe

SI/E 1928 Geneva Switzerland E

Soroptimist International of the Americas

SIA 1921 Philadelphia PA USA E

SOS Catastrophes - European Disaster Victims Network

SOS Catastrophes 2013 Brussels Belgium F

SOS racisme international

1984 Paris France G

SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit - Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds Deutschland e.V.

1963 Munich Germany G f

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