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GOAL 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development, provide access to justice for all and
build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels
Army, Marawi officials officially sign peace covenant (Credit: UNDP)
How can a country develop—how can people eat and teach and learn
and work and raise families—without peace? And how can a coun-
try have peace without justice, without human rights, without gov-
ernment based on the rule of law? Some regions of the world enjoy
relative peace and justice, and may come to take it for granted. Other
regions seem to be plagued by armed conflict, crime, torture and
exploitation, all of which hinders their development. The goal of peace
and justice is one for all countries to strive towards. The Sustainable De-
velopment Goals aim to reduce all forms of violence and propose that
governments and communities and lasting solutions to conflict and
insecurity. That means strengthening the rule of law, reducing the flow
of illicit arms and bringing developing countries more into the center
of institutions of global governance.
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