Goal 16. Peace & Justice

ICTs can play an important role in crisis management, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding, and have proved to be a powerful aid in areas such as electoral monitoring. The growing use of open data by governments increases transparency, empowers citizens, and helps to drive economic growth. ICTs are also essential in terms of record-keeping and tracking government data and local demographics.

When natural or man-made disasters occur, ICTs are crucial in obtaining, communicating and transmitting accurate and timely crisis information, allowing appropriate responses to be made. In the future, big data analysis and data mining should allow better use to be made of the vast amount of data that is already openly accessible online.

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Case study – Mexico

The Government of Mexico is implementing an Open Data Policy, which mandates all federal agencies to follow an ‘open by default’ standard for all their public data. The government is working on projects to drive the use of open data across all sectors of society, including ‘Data for Development’, to gather data from different sources to drive data-based policy-making and decision-taking in government; and OD100MX (opendata500.com/mx), which is the first study to map companies that use open government data to generate new business, develop new products and services and generate economic and social value. Open Data is one of the five main enablers of the National Digital Strategy of Mexico. By releasing open data, the government aims to create an ecosystem of co-creation of public services, triggering economic growth, driving transparency and reducing corruption.
Related links:
Open Data Policy and WSIS Stocktaking

Sound Bites

"Pursuing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions."

Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Martin Luther King Jr.

African-American Civil Rights Leader

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Goal & Targets SDG-16

More than 20 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Trafficking victims comprise at least 40% of them.¹

¹ Source: ILO

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.
16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
16.4 By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime.
16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.
16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.
16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
16.8 Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance.
16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.
16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.
16.a Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
16.b Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development.
16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.