SDG16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Established in 2002, Timor Leste is a Southeast Asian nation that has been designated as a Least Developed
Country (LDC), as well as one of the 37 Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In September 2015, the
nation’s government passed a resolution that adopted the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). That resolution also called for the creation of a working group that would be chaired by the
Prime Minister’s Office as it led the country’s efforts on the SDGs. In December 2015, the government

Malaysia created the National SDG Council as part of the National Action Committee in December 2016,
to provide leadership for the country’s programs on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
council is led by Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, with the purpose of planning and monitoring SDG
implementation, setting the national agenda and milestones for the SDGs, and preparing reports for the
UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF). A Steering Committee, chaired by the Director General of Malaysia’s

The report collects and analyses recent information, tools and guidance to operationalise a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is a guide book for professionals who work with the intertwined fields of sustainable development and human rights, and includes:

The Human Rights Guide to the SDGs is a searchable database illustrating the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and more than 70 international human rights instruments, labour standards, and environmental agreements. The Guide illustrates the human rights anchorage of the 2030 Agenda and is an essential tool to develop a rights-based approach to sustainable development implementation, monitoring, and reporting.

Sri Lanka made great strides through its efforts in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but many challenges remained at the outset of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sri Lanka’s leaders established the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife (MoSDW) to give its people an integrated agency that would lead this work. The MoSDW drives the country’s SDG-related efforts as it looks to deliver on Sri Lanka’s 2030 Agenda commitments.

During the years of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Pakistan kept those efforts separate from their development work. The MDGs were viewed as a UN-driven program that would only be complied with via quadrennial progress reports. Those reports were prepared without a mechanism in place to deliver on the MDGs, and it took six years just to get localization efforts initiated after the MDGs were officially recognized in 2004, so progress was limited.

Bangladesh’s leaders focused their efforts on poverty reduction during the years of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In doing so, they achieved the goal of bringing the portion of its society living in poverty below 29%. The country also did well on other measures as it approached the goal of universal primary education, while also reducing child mortality and improving mental health. But other figures, like those around environmental sustainability and development were not on track as they transitioned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Migration is an intrinsic part of rural development. Yet, there are major knowledge gaps regarding its drivers, dynamics and effects on rural areas. This e-learning course allows to understand the linkages between migration and rural development with a particular focus on youth. It also provides policy recommendations on how to maximize the positive impacts of rural migration and minimize the negative ones.

Audience

The target audience for this course includes: