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

Institute for Security and Development Policy

ISDP Nacka Sweden G

Institute for Security Studies

ISS 1991 Pretoria South Africa G

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

ISD 1978 Washington DC USA G j

Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

ISGAP 2004 Miami Beach FL USA G j

Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

ISHR 1978 New York NY USA G j

Institute for the Study of International Organizations, Brooklyn NY

Brooklyn NY USA N j

Institute for Transnational Arbitration

ITA 1986 Plano TX USA G j

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

ITDP 1985 New York NY USA G j

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

IWPR 1991 London UK F j

Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

IWE 1973 Budapest Hungary G j

Institute of Air and Space Law, Montréal

IASL 1951 Montréal QC Canada G j

Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone of Latin America

1986 Rio de Janeiro Brazil N j

Institute of Appropriate Technology Transfer to Marginal Sectors of the Andrés Bello Convention

1986 Lima Peru E gj

Institute of Career Certification International

ICC International 1994 Washington DC USA G j

Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean

ICAC 1988 Kingston Jamaica D j

Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean

ICAEC 2004 Castries St Lucia F j

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

1911 London UK F j

Institute of Consolata Missionaries

Consolata Fathers 1901 Rome Italy R j

Institute of Cultural Affairs International

ICAI 1977 Toronto ON Canada F j

Institute of Current World Affairs

ICWA 1925 Hanover NH USA G j

Institute of European and Comparative Law, Oxford

1995 Oxford UK G j

Institute of European and Comparative Private Law

IECPL 2003 Girona Spain G j

Institute of European Democrats

IED 2007 Brussels Belgium E j

Institute of European Integration and Policy

IEIP 2002 Athens Greece G j

Institute of European Law, University of Birmingham

1989 Edgbaston UK N j

Institute of European Legal Orders, Augsburg University

Augsburg Germany N j

Institute of European Public Law, Hull

1992 Hull UK N j

Institute of Human Rights Studies, Osaka

1974 Osaka Japan N j

Institute of International Affairs - Centre for Small State Studies

CSSS 2001 Reykjavik Iceland G j

Institute of International Banking Law and Practice

IIBLP 1987 Montgomery Village MD USA G j

Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs

IIHA 2001 Bronx NY USA G j

Institute of International Law

1873 Geneva Switzerland C j

Institute of International Law and International Relations, Graz

Graz Austria G j

Institute of International Legal Studies, Quezon City

IILS 1989 Quezon City Philippines G j

Institute of International Peace Leaders

2019 Lahore Pakistan G

Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade

IIPE 1947 Belgrade Serbia G j

Institute of International Public Law and International Relations of Thessaloniki

IPILIR 1966 Thessaloniki Greece G j

Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Vilnius

IIRPS 1992 Vilnius Lithuania G j

Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa

IMESA 1961 Westville South Africa G j

Institute Of Neurodiversity

ION 2021 London UK J

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

IPCS 1996 Delhi India G j

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Waterloo ON

IPACS Waterloo ON Canada G j

Institute of Political Science, Copenhagen

1971 Copenhagen Denmark N j

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office

epi 1977 Munich Germany E jvt

Institute of Psychotraumatology and Mediation

IPM-International 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland J

Institute of Race Relations

IRR 1958 London UK G j

Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace

IRCP 1996 Chiang Mai Thailand N j

Institute of World Affairs

IWA 1924 Washington DC USA G j

Institute of World Economics and Politics

IWEP 1964 Beijing China G j

Institute of World Economics and Politics, Hanoi

IWEP 1983 Hanoi Vietnam G gj

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