Justice for All–Translating commitment to action

“Justice for all” has been a rallying cry over the past year as the global justice community has ramped up its efforts leading up to this year’s High-Level Political Forum in New York in July. For the first time, progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 of the 2030 Agenda for...

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Advancing Gender Equality through Women’s Representation..

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 and SDG 16 in particular, identifies solutions for gender equality and women’s representation in public institutions e.g. the judiciary as a global responsibility...

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Human Rights and the SDGs–Two sides of the same coin

One of the reasons the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda are a transformative development framework is that they are based on human rights. Over 90% of the goals and targets of the SDGs correspond to human rights obligations...

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Complex Exits from Complex Conflicts

Why United Nations Guidance on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Matters

After more than 15 years working in crisis settings, I thought I had seen it all. However, a visit while on mission to three distanced camps populated with foreign combatants and their families proved I was wrong...

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6 Major Human Rights Trends Across Europe and Central Asia

Over 70 years on, human rights remain a bedrock of the UN’s mission and mandate. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have seen advancements such as…

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