SDG16 Strong Values based Peace, Justice and Institutions, and Problems exposed by pandemic and Achieving SDG and going to Moon, Mars and Beyond

SDG16 Strong Values based Peace, Justice and Institutions, and Problems exposed by pandemic and Achieving SDG and going to Moon, Mars and Beyond

SDG16 talks about: • Ethics and Values based relations among all the humans • Peace everywhere among individuals, organisations, institutions and nations • Justice to/for all, may it be poor or rich, etc. • Building Accountable and Efficient Institutions at all levels YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/y1C3WAgXoi8 What are the major hurdles in Achieving SDG16, and what was the impact of pandemic on SDG16? • These data are available on UN SDG website, collected from 2018 till 2021: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal16#targets_and_indicators • 1. War is a conflict where more than 1000 deaths are there in a calendar year and there are more than 100 such places on Mother Earth where such wars are going on since 2000 on wards. Now, my simple question here is, “Are humans going to fight wars for millions of years? Please check Britain and France war of 100 years, why there cannot be 100 years peace be possible and peace forever be possible and then achieving SDG and then going to Moon, Mars and Beyond is certainly possible.” I raised this question in the World Bank Live for at least 22 times, then I also said, at the start of the Pandemic Lockdown, “Even if you hang my carcasses publicly still I’ll say United Nations and All the Nations have lost the biggest opportunity to sign an Agreement of Forever Peace and Achieving SDG and Going to Moon, Mars and Beyond to establish equitable base of humans in all the dimensions!” • War follow no law, no ethics, no values, hence I feel ashamed as a human being when I see the humans fighting for petty things. Every war is a genocide. Are children, ladies, physically challenged, elders and even soldiers not human beings? • 2. Children are the easiest targets of exploitations: Pandemic have aggravated this problem: • For Trafficking • For Child labour • 3. In 2018, 33% of the trafficked persons were children. Are these human indicators or Devil’s indicators? Feeling ashamed to be human. • 4. Child Labour raised to 160 million in 2020 and first time since 2000 the figure gone so much up. Again, Feeling ashamed to be human. • 5. In 2020, there was increase in Human Rights defenders getting killed, 331 were killed in 32 countries and it’s almost 20% increase since 2019. • 6. Out of 193 countries on 82 countries have compliance to have the international standard Human Rights Institutions, till 2020. • 7. High income countries have 7% chances of bribery in government works than in low income countries where it’s almost compulsory to pay bribe for getting work done and it’s chances are still 38% there. With this ethics a space ship might get destroyed in space while travelling to places in the universe. Again, feeling ashamed to be human being. During Pandemic Aid to these war places could not reach…

SDG16 Targets and Indicators: • Target 16.1: Significantly reducing deaths due to violence: • Indicator 16.1.1: • By gender: Number of victims international homicide / 100,000 • By age: Number of victims international homicide / 100,000 • Indicator 16.1.2: • By Gender: Conflict Related death / 100,000 • By Age: Conflict Related death / 100,000 • By Cause: Conflict Related death / 100,000 • Indicator 16.1.3: Are we humans? • Proportion of Population subjected to Physical Violence in last 12 months • Proportion of Population subjected to Psychological Violence in last 12 months • Proportion of Population subjected to Gender in last 12 months • Indicator 16.1.4: Proportion of Population that safe walking alone in the areas they live. • Target 16.2: ENDING Violence Against the Children: • Abuse, • Trafficking, • Exploitation, and • Torture. • (Is this a Human or Devil’s Target and Indicator?) • Indicator 16.2.1: Proportion of Children between 1 to 17 years who experienced Physical or Psychological Punishment from the care giver in the last 1 month or 30 days. • Indicator 16.2.2: Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population by Gender, Age, and form of Exploitation • (Is this a Human or Devil’s Target and Indicator?) • Indicator 16.2.3: Proportion of people between age 18 to 29 experienced gender violence • (Is this a Human or Devil’s Target and Indicator?) • Target 16.3: Promoting rule of law at local, national to international levels to get justice to all and equal access to all • Indicator 16.3.1: Proportion of victims of violence who reported violence against them to competent authorities • Indicator 16.3.2: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population • Indicator 16.3.3: Proportion of population who experienced the dispute in last 2 years and the kind of formal or informal resolution mechanism they opted for • Target 16.4: By 2030, Significantly reducing: • Illicit Arms flow, • Illicit Financial flow, • Also, Strengthen Recovery and Return of stollen assets, • Also, Combating all kinds of organised crimes. • Indicator 16.4.1: • Total Value of Illicit financial INWARD flow in USD • Total Value of Illicit financial OUTWARD flow in USD • Indicator 16.4.2: Proportion of seized or found or surrendered arms with their origin traced and plugging the national as well as the international loopholes by using international planned legal instruments • Target 16.5: Substantially reduce the corruption and briary in all forms • Indicator 16.5.1: Proportion of people who were asked for the bribe by Government or Public Servants, in last 12 months • Indicator 16.5.2: Proportion of Business persons who were asked for the bribe by Government or Public Servants, in last 12 months • Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all the levels • Indicator 16.6.1: Sector wise, Primary government expenditures as proportional of original approved budget • Indicator 16.6.2: Proportion of citizens satisfied with their last experience of public service • Target 16.7: Ensuring all inclusive, responsive, participatory, and representative decision making at all the levels • Indicator 16.7.1: Proportions of Positions in national, and local institutions including: • A. Legislature • B. Public Service • C. Judiciary By: • Gender, • Age, • Persons with Disabilities • Different Populations Group • Indicator 16.7.2: Proportion of Population who believe decision making is responsive By • Gender, • Age, • Persons with Disabilities • Different Populations Group • Target 16.8: Developing Countries should get leadership positions in the international strategically important institutions of global governance • Indicator 16.8.1: Proportion of voting rights of developing countries in the international organisations • Target 16.9: By 2030, Provide legal identity to all including the birth certificates with registration • Indicator 16.9.1: Proportion of children who got their birth registered by government aka civil authorities, by age • Target 16.10: Ensuring public access to information and fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national and international agreements, so that journalists can carry out their duty in a unbiased way and impartially, truthfully and with pure apolitical intentions • Indicator 16.10.1: Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, and torture of journalists, associated with media personnel, trade unionists, human rights advocates in last 12 months. • Indicator 16.10.2: Number of countries where they have adopted, implemented, constitutional right to information with statutory and policy guarantee • Target 16.a: To be able to combat with terrorism, violence and crimes of large level helping developing countries to counter those offence by cooperation and capacity building • Indicator 16.a.1: Existence of Independent national Human Rights Institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles drafted by NHRI in 1991 and adopted by UN General Assembly in 1993. • Paris Principles has 6 main standards as per the UNDP website: • 1. Mandate and Competence • 2. Autonomy from Government • 3. Independence guaranteed by Statute or Constitution • 4. Pluralism • 5. Adequate Resources • 6. Adequate powers of investigation. • Target 16.b: Promote non-discriminatory laws and policies for Sustainable Development • Indicator 16.b.1: As per the international human rights laws, Proportion of population felt or faced discrimination or harassment during last 12 months Request: “Even in all the dimensional plurality, If all the humans follow humane values and ethics and behave humanely, then we can solve all the problems humans keep facing and also no goal and no aim will be difficult for humans to achieve, may it be Spiritual or Millennium Development Goals (MDG) today or Going to Moon, Mars and Beyond any dimensions tomorrow”. Copyright: Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude, 2007