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 Licensing Platform Vegetable

ILP Vegetable 2014 The Hague Netherlands G

International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts

DESMOS 1997 Athens Greece F

International Load Line Convention

1930 T g

International Machiavelli Society

IMS 2020 J

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

1966 Mexico City Mexico E

International Marine Certification Institute

IMCI 1992 Brussels Belgium E j

International Maritime Organization

IMO 1948 London UK B g

International Masters of Gaming Law

IMGL Las Vegas NV USA C v

International Media Lawyers Association

IMLA 2004 Oxford UK D

International Mediation Institute

IMI 2007 The Hague Netherlands F j

International Medical Parliamentarians Organization

IMPO 1989 Bangkok Thailand C v

International Metropolis Project

1995 Ottawa ON Canada F y

International Mine Initiative

IMI 2000 Athens Greece G

International Money Laundering Information Network

IMoLIN Vienna Austria F g

International Movement for a Just World

JUST Petaling Jaya Malaysia G v

International Movement for the Global Ban of Weapons which Manipulate the Human Nervous System

J

International Movement for Therapeutic Free Choice

1968 Paris France N

International Movement of Parliamentarians for Democracy

IMPD 2003 Washington DC USA K

International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization

IMSCO 1979 New York NY USA G

International Municipal Lawyers Association

IMLA 1935 Rockville MD USA N

International Municipal Signal Association

IMSA 1896 Rockledge FL USA N

International Narcotic and Antiterrorist Enforcement Officers Association

NATEA Budapest Hungary G

International Narcotics Control Board

INCB 1968 Vienna Austria E g

International Natural Rubber Agreement

1979 T g

International Natural Rubber Agreement on Price Stabilisation

1976 T g

International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1995

1995 T g

International Network for a Culture of Nonviolence and Peace

2003 Paris France E y

International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ESCR-Net 2003 New York NY USA F y

International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

INECE 1989 Washington DC USA F y

International Network for Epidemiology in Policy

INEP 2006 Halifax NS Canada E y

International Network for Government Science Advice

INGSA 2014 F

International Network for Humane Education

InterNICHE 1988 Leicester UK F

International Network for Planning and Improving Quality and Safety in Health Systems in Africa

INPIQS 2006 Bordeaux France F

International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health

INRICH 2008 F bv

International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

No Bases 2007 F

International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations

INCLO Geneva Switzerland F

International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation

INESAP 1993 Darmstadt Germany K

International Network of Environmental Forensics

INEF 2008 F c

International network of Historians without Borders

HWB 2016 Helsinki Finland F v

International Network of Human Rights | Europe

RIDHE 2019 Brussels Belgium F

International Network of Law Firms

LEGUS 1995 Ann Arbor MI USA F

International Network of Liberal Women

INLW 1990 Wassenaar Netherlands F

International Network of Museums for Peace

INMP 1992 Kyoto Japan F y

International Network of Observatories in Cultural Policies

Paris France F y

International Network of Political Leaders Promoting Democracy in Burma

PD Burma 1996 F v

International Network of Prison Ministries

INPM Costa Mesa CA USA N

International Network of Young Journalists

1987 Geneva Switzerland F

International Network on Cultural Policy

INCP 1998 F g

International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Tucson AZ USA N

International Network Theatre in Prison

INTiP Urbino Italy F

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