© UN Women / Christopher Herwig
Every day,
100
PEACE, JUSTICE, AND
STRONG INSTITUTIONS: civilians
– including
WHY THEY MATTER
women and
What’s the goal here?
Promote peaceful and
inclusive societies for
sustainable development,
provide access to justice
for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels.
Why?
People everywhere need
to 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.
Conflict, insecurity, weak
institutions and limited
access to justice remain
threats to sustainable
development. In 2019,
the number of people
fleeing war, persecution
and conflict exceeded
79.5 million, the highest
level ever recorded. One
in four children continues
to be deprived of legal
identity through lack of
birth registration, often
limiting their ability to
exercise rights in other
areas. The COVID-19
pandemic threatens to
children –
are killed
in armed
conflicts
despite
protections
under
international
law