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Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Effective, accountable and inclusive institutions are crucial for the attainment of all other sustainable development goals. For Goal 16, we selected as examples targets that are particularly relevant for local governments: Target 16.1 on violence, target 16.6 on effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels, Target 1.7 on responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels, and Target 16.9 on birth registrations (often a local government competence). Targets 16.6 and 16.7 are particularly important as they complement Goal 11 on cities and human settlements, which does not include a governance dimension. Target 16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere (b) Proposed indicators: Proposed indicators 1.
Violent injuries, deaths and homicide rates (per 1,000,000 habitants)
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Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) caused by conflict and violence
Possible alternative indicators
Comments: For the target to be SMART it requires clarification of what ‘significantly reduce’ means.
Comments (Linkages, disaggregation and sources) Linkages: 11.7 Disaggregation by: homicides by gender/ injuries by type, sex and age/geographical breakdowns TBC (Some disaggregated data for most populous cities) Sources: Interpol, UN Crime Trends Survey, UNODC, WHO Mortality Database. Limitations: Data partially available. Linkages: N/A. Disaggregation by: By territory of residence (or refugees by country / territory of asylum), location of residence (within country), country of origin (refugees), gender, age and population type. Sources: UNHCR.