The first SDG 16+ technical consultation focused on justice and was convened in Sierra Leone on the 11th of October and co-hosted by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations Development Programme, in partnership with the Global Alliance on Reporting on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies. The consultation served to highlight how SDG 16+ is an accelerator across the 2030 Agenda, including in fragile and conflict affected contexts. Participants discussed experiences in supporting implementation of SDG 16+ and 16.3 in particular, and the role of monitoring and reporting in putting SDG 16+ into action by enabling people-centred and multi-stakeholder participation in defining, delivering, measuring, and reporting on objectives.
Objectives
The SDG 16+ Technical Consultations brought together thought leaders at community, local, national and regional levels to share experiences and key messages and recommendations. The Technical Consultations enabled members of a global, multi-stakeholder constituency to:
- Highlight key trends and achievements on SDG 16+.
- Provide case studies illustrating SDG 16+ in action.
- Demonstrate how progress on SDG 16+ enables progress across the 2030 Agenda.
- Identify challenges and opportunities on mainstreaming SDG 16+ as part of national and subnational development and SDG implementation plans, including in crisis and conflict affected contexts.
- Identify how inclusive planning, monitoring and reporting (including through Voluntary National Reviews) is or can be leveraged to put SDG 16+ into action.
- Make key policy recommendations to be discussed at the HLPF.
The Sierra Leone SDG 16+ Technical Meeting had a particular focus on justice. The meeting aimed to explore the following themes:
- What are the trends, challenges and good practices in implementation, monitoring and reporting of SDG targets and indicators related to justice, particularly 16.3? How has justice been included as part of national and subnational development and SDG implementation plans? What are some of the particular challenges in fragile and conflict affected situations?
- What has been the role of different actors -- private sector, civil society, and national human rights institutions -- in supporting popularization, implementation, monitoring and reporting on rule of law and access to justice for all?
- What are some recommendations for policy makers on how to accelerate progress on justice? What are the recommendations for civil society, national human rights institutions and private sector on progress towards SDG 16+ and access to justice for all?
