Rule of Law and Human
Rights Global Programme
Impact
Thematic focus
 = Global Focal Point

Africa

Arab states

Asia-Pacific

Europe and Central Asia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Justice Futures CoLab

The Justice Futures CoLab was launched to promote new ways of thinking and approaching complex justice and rule of law challenges. The CoLab illustrates UNDP’s commitment and strategy to do more and do better (and differently). A more strategic, people-centred and rights-based approach is taken to ensure meaningful access to justice for all, starting with those most at risk of being left behind.

Human rights systems

UNDP continues to support strengthening national human rights systems (NHRIs). Independent, effective and pluralistic NHRIs are cornerstones of national systems to promote and protect human rights.

Anti-racism

In 2021, after racial justice protests and movements emerged in the United States and other parts of the world, the United Nations and its various funds, programmes and other entities also took up a renewed commitment to fight against racism and racial discrimination both within the organization and also through their approaches.

Business and human rights

UNDP has been supporting the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) since 2016. This support has involved programming across the three pillars of the protect, respect and remedy framework, engaging with states, business actors and civil society.

Community security

The global context has become ever more challenging with ongoing war, coups d‘état, attempted coups d‘état, turmoil and instability in several countries. In the midst of such widespread political tension and fragility, UNDP has stayed the course towards people-centred security by promoting solutions that strengthen state institutions in line with people’s needs.

Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law

The UN Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law (GFP) is a joint arrangement for delivery of the rule of law in fragile settings. Co-chaired by UNDP and the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO), GFP reinforces One-UN approach at the global and national levels to address violent conflicts, protect human rights and restore justice and security for people affected by crisis and conflict.

Regional overview - Africa

Jordan

Impact by Regions,
Countries & Territories
Arab States

Human Rights and SDG Integration

In Jordan, UNDP, in partnership with the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and with the support of the UNSDG Human Rights Mainstreaming Fund, supported national stakeholders to participate in the Voluntary National Review process (VNR) and develop the 2022 VNR report. While reflecting on the challenges and setbacks the country faced during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report presents a comprehensive review of measures Jordan has taken to progress towards the achievement of the SDGs.

Recognizing the potential of reporting processes to influence development outcomes, UNDP and OHCHR supported Jordan to prepare the report through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach with particular attention paid to human rights and gender. The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR), Jordan’s national human rights institution, played a key role in the development of the report by chairing the multistakeholder Task Force on SDG16, which was responsible for preparing the SDG16 related inputs for the report, and participating in several other SDG Task Forces to promote the use of human rights data and approaches throughout the VNR process. The NCHR was also a part of the core team supporting the drafting and review of the entire 2022 VNR.

Civil society played an active role in the Task Force on SDG16. Also, 202 representatives (including 85 women) from 27 civil society organizations (CSOs) participated in the two national workshops held to launch and validate the VNR with UNDP and OHCHR support. Cross-linkages between the VNR and the Voluntary Local Review in Amman were also ensured through continuous close coordination with the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA).

Through this consultative process, the knowledge and skills of a wide range of national partners were enhanced on human rights-based data collection. Moreover, additional national sources for SDG indicators were validated, including from human rights mechanisms, increasing data availability to monitor the 2030 Agenda in Jordan.

Gender equality

Priority gender-specific SDG indicators for Jordan were developed to assist Jordan in fulfilling its commitments toward gender equality and women’s empowerment. These new sources and indicators have been integrated with existing data in a new public dashboard to monitor SDG progress, the Jordan Development Portal. The portal not only improves the sustainability of monitoring and reporting efforts on the 2030 Agenda in Jordan but also helps to strengthen evidence- and rights-based decision making for implementation of the SDGs.

Partnerships

In addition to contributing to a stronger human rights analysis in the 2022 VNR, these efforts significantly strengthened collaboration on SDG monitoring and implementation between the central government, particularly the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation and a variety of stakeholders, like the SDG Unit, Department of Statistics, local governments, the National Centre for Human Rights, civil society actors, the private sector, as well as the UN in Jordan. It is expected that a new SDG roadmap will be developed following the 2022 VNR presentation to prioritize goals and targets to be achieved in the next eight years and that the coordination structures established for the VNR reporting process will be maintained to accompany the roadmap implementation.

Key
results
  • UNDP and OHCHR supported multistakeholder Task Force on SDG16 in developing the Voluntary National Review 2022 through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach with particular attention paid to human rights and gender. Over 200 representatives (including 85 women) of 27 civil society organizations participated in the two national workshops held to launch and validate the VNR.
  • Priority gender-specific SDG indicators for Jordan were developed to assist Jordan in fulfilling its commitments toward gender equality and women’s empowerment.

  • A new public dashboard to monitor SDG progress, the Jordan Development Portal, was launched to strengthen reporting and implementation of the SDGs.