Crime prevention, criminal justice, the rule of law and the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, States Members of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Since the work of the United Nations is driven by these Goals, Model United Nations conferences should proactively address and link to them. Most, if not all, of the topics discussed in conferences are directly or indirectly related to at least one of the Goals.
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development explicitly affirms that there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development. It draws together the strands of peace, the rule of law, human rights, development and equality into a comprehensive and forward-looking framework.
Reducing conflict, crime, violence and discrimination, and ensuring inclusion, stable conditions and good governance are key elements of peoples' well-being and essential for securing sustainable development.
Security and justice are a means to achieving improvements in poverty reduction, reversing inequality and enhancing effective governance. Both must be a core part of any global development agenda. Given the links between major global risks such as corruption, fragile States and economic disparities, a systematic approach is required. Through the adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Member States recognized the importance of justice and the rule of law within the wider social sustainable development framework.
The Sustainable Development Goals and Model United Nations conferences
Below you will find information on how each of the Sustainable Development Goals is linked to possible topics for discussion at Model United Nations conferences within the framework of crime prevention, criminal justice and other aspects of the rule of law.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture |
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all |
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Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns |
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts |
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
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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
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Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development |