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

Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology in Asia

RCA 1972 Daejeon Korea Rep F g

Regional Cooperative Program for the Technological Development and Modernization of Coffee Cultivation in Central America, Panama, Dominican Rep and Jamaica

Guatemala Guatemala E g

Regional Council on Human Rights in Asia

1982 Quezon City Philippines F v

Regional Heads of Government Meeting

S cg

Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission

RJLSC 2001 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago E g

Regional Powers Network

RPN 2008 Hamburg Germany G

Regional Radio Convention for Central America, Panama and the Canal Zone

1938 T g

Regional Remote Sensing Centre for North African States

1990 Tunis Tunisia E gy

Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Cooperation in South-East Europe

RSPC SEE 1996 Sofia Bulgaria E g

Regions4 Sustainable Development

Regions4 2002 Brussels Belgium F

Registre de dialyse péritonéale de langue française

RDPLF 1989 Pontoise France N

Registre des Citoyens du Monde

RCM 1949 F

Règlement of Navigation and Police Applicable to the Danube between Galatz and the Mouths

1911 T g

Regnskogfondet

1989 Oslo Norway G f

Regulations Concerning the Granting of Rhine Navigation Certificates of December 14 1922

1925 T g

Release International

Orpington UK G

Religions for Peace

RfP 1970 New York NY USA F

Religions for Peace - Europe

2002 E y

Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation

RENATE 's Hertogenbosch Netherlands F y

Religious of Sion

1893 Paris France R

Religious Society of Friends

Quakers 1652 Philadelphia PA USA F

REN21

2005 Paris France F

Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l'homme

RADDHO 1990 Dakar Senegal G

René Cassin

2000 London UK G

Renew Europe - Committee of the Regions

Renew Europe 1998 Brussels Belgium E v

Reporters sans frontières

RSF 1985 Paris France F

Repositioning Peace in Africa

REPEAF Accra Ghana G

Reprieve

1999 London UK G

Research Centre for Global Governance

RCGG Porto Alegre Brazil G

Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture

IRCICA 1978 Istanbul Türkiye E g

Research Centre for Turkestan and Azerbaijan

1991 Haarlem Netherlands G f

Research Institute for Peace and Security, Tokyo

1978 Tokyo Japan G j

Research Institute on the Non-Violent Resolution of Conflicts

1984 Montreuil France G j

Research Network on International Governance, Globalization and the Transformations of the State

Mons Belgium G

Research Policy Institute, Lund

RPI 1966 Lund Sweden G j

Réseau Africain des Personnels des Parlements

RAPP 1995 F v

Réseau des associations francophones de science politique

2005 Paris France J

Réseau des compétences électorales francophones

RECEF 2011 Québec QC Canada F

Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale

REDHAC 2007 Douala Cameroon D

Réseau des Organisations de Solidarité Internationale Côte d'Ivoire

ROSI Côte d'Ivoire 2014 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire G

Réseau des Plate-formes nationales d'ONG d'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre

REPAOC Dakar Senegal F

Réseau des Plateformes des ONG de l'Afrique Centrale

REPONGAC 2008 F

Réseau européen des registres testamentaires

RERT 2002 J

Réseau européen pour une politique de vie

Saint-Aubin France N

Réseau francophone des conseils de la magistrature judiciaire

RFCMJ Québec QC Canada F

Réseau francophone des régulateurs des médias

REFRAM 2007 F

Réseau francophone pour l’égalité femme-homme

RF-EFH 2013 Dakar Senegal F y

Réseau International des Droits Humains

RIDH 2008 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland F

Réseau International des Juristes Africanistes

RIJA 2014 Paris France J

Réseau pour l'Intégration des Femmes des Organisations Non Gouvernementales et Associations Africaines

RIFONGA J

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