Between 29 and 30 March, the United States, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Zambia co-hosted the second Summit for Democracy. The summit focused on challenges and opportunities facing democracies and provided a platform for leaders to make both individual and collective commitments to…

From Evidence to Action — By Nate Edwards, Leah Guyot, and Leah Zamore “This is a global crisis, not confined to any one part of the world, it affects the most vulnerable people in the world, and it affects both refugees and members of host communities.” …

A path to delivering people-centered justice for women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities — This guest blog in our Justice for All series, written by UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI), summarizes the key findings of a legal needs survey for women with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities conducted in Asia and the Pacific. Women with…

By Roshni Menon, Senior Program Officer, Pathfinders (CIC NYU) The world is in a state of ‘polycrisis,’ where multiple economic, social, and political shocks have converged, perpetuating uncertainty and discord around the world. I recently wrote about how the phenomenon of multiple crises happening at the same time is driving…

Welcome to your monthly roundup of 16+ news and views from the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies. If you find this newsletter useful, please pass it on to others working on the SDG16+ targets for peace, justice and inclusion. Subscribe or unsubscribe here — and check out the sdg16.plus website. — 1. Pathfinders in 2023 We are in a critical year for the SDGs. Beyond a time to reflect, this halfway point to 2030 represents a pivotal opportunity to set higher ambitions amidst a proliferation of crises, to amplify solutions, and to focus on accelerating action and implementation on the SDGs and on SDG16+. In…

The Justice for All report highlights the importance of putting people at the center of justice. This can be achieved by understanding their justice needs, preventing and resolving their justice problems, empowering them, and improving their justice journeys. This guest blog in our Justice for All series, written by Impunity…

Following the World Justice Forum, the Justice Action Coalition set out to implement the recommendations and agreed next steps that had emanated from its meetings and events held during the forum. The Coalition promoted the Justice Appeal 2023 at relevant international meetings and fora, including the UN’s High-Level Political Forum…

Financing climate action rightfully took center stage at COP27 as countries after decades of advocacy agree to set up a historic loss and damage fund — By Roshni Menon, Senior Program Officer, Pathfinders (CIC NYU) This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheik took place at a time of conflict, a continuing global health pandemic, soaring inflation that have exacerbated concerns over food and energy security, and an increasingly precarious debt sustainability situation…

South Africa’s Centre for Child Law is a pioneer in conducting strategic litigation to strengthen child rights. Based at the Law Faculty at the University of Pretoria the Centre has instituted, or been instrumental to the success of, landmark cases including the banning of corporal punishment, decriminalization of consensual sex…