This document discusses how governance became included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and what this means. Governance was not included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but was debated for inclusion in the post-2015 development agenda. While the UN High Level Panel proposed an ambitious goal on governance, the final SDG goal and targets focus more on developing effective, accountable institutions and promoting the rule of law. Measuring progress on governance remains challenging given limitations in global datasets and the political sensitivities around issues of governance.
In post-apartheid South Africa, migration policies and legislation have failed the declared objective of enhancing the development potential of migration, leaving critical issues such as social cohesion and integration unsolved. A large emphasis hss been placed on the securitiszation of migration and the tightening of the immigration regime in the attempt to crack down on irregular arrivals. Furthermore, with regard to the first admission of asylum- seekers, the inability to reconcile the national interest of maintaining borders’ integrity with respecting moral and legal obligations, has placed the asylum system under tremendous stress. The restrictive measures in the immigration regime have resulted in large numbers of migrants turning to the country’s asylum system as a means of regularizing their stay temporarily.
In post-apartheid South Africa, migration policies and legislation have failed the declared objective of enhancing the development potential of migration, leaving critical issues such as social cohesion and integration unsolved. A large emphasis hss been placed on the securitiszation of migration and the tightening of the immigration regime in the attempt to crack down on irregular arrivals. Furthermore, with regard to the first admission of asylum- seekers, the inability to reconcile the national interest of maintaining borders’ integrity with respecting moral and legal obligations, has placed the asylum system under tremendous stress. The restrictive measures in the immigration regime have resulted in large numbers of migrants turning to the country’s asylum system as a means of regularizing their stay temporarily.
Legal committee-topic-area-b rotaract global model un 2015Adrian Dan Pop
The Legal Committee, also referred to as the Sixth Committee, is one of six major
committees in the United Nations General Assembly (GA). The general Assembly is
one of the main policy-making bodies in the UN, and the Legal Committee is
responsible for dealing with the delicate issue of International Law that includes a
number of areas including human rights, economic and social development,
international security, and issues dealing with United Nations Organizations
(UNO’s).
International Law is grounded in the ideas of natural law. These laws are those that
are accepted by the general population as morally sound. International Law
endures regime changes and helps ensure justice no matter what the political
atmosphere is. In times of changing political climates, it can thus serve as a bridge
for shifting understandings of legality. War crimes and “crimes against humanity”
are examples of injustices that international law has addressed in the past.1
The topics that the Sixth Committee deals with are thus highly interdisciplinary,
and both of this year’s topics are no exception to this. The Sixth Committee thus
works closely with other General Assembly committees and policy groups to
recommend legislation and solutions.
The starting point to stop Land-grabbing by governments
and multinationals, which violates natural and traditional
systems and laws: the need for laws to protect land rights.
1-. In many countries the political arena pays little attention to the rights of farmers.
And yet, “giving away” the land is putting at risk the future of their countries. In the world there are already one billion hungry people. Do we need to increase the number?
2-. Few States have their own laws governing international investments in land, and legal avenues for redress under national law are limited.
And yet, the issues at stake are high:
- the consequences are serious for local populations and local farmers,
- It will eventually be clear that the financial efforts being made to bring hunger and poverty to an end will have been made in vain.
3-. Villagers could redress the issue through international human rights law, focusing on human rights, such as the right to food or to property.
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FIGHTING AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL PROPERTY
Cross-border training workshop for relevant authorities of
Montenegro and Serbia
Rome (Italy), 20-24 November 2017
The KCLMUN Blue Book has been written as an intensive guide for beginners to MUN. Although it provides a good preparation for participating in any university-level MUN conference, it is designed to support the Society's weekly training sessions. Much of the MUN experience can only be understood when experienced at firsthand. Join your KCLMUN and experience it for yourself.
Legal committee-topic-area-b rotaract global model un 2015Adrian Dan Pop
The Legal Committee, also referred to as the Sixth Committee, is one of six major
committees in the United Nations General Assembly (GA). The general Assembly is
one of the main policy-making bodies in the UN, and the Legal Committee is
responsible for dealing with the delicate issue of International Law that includes a
number of areas including human rights, economic and social development,
international security, and issues dealing with United Nations Organizations
(UNO’s).
International Law is grounded in the ideas of natural law. These laws are those that
are accepted by the general population as morally sound. International Law
endures regime changes and helps ensure justice no matter what the political
atmosphere is. In times of changing political climates, it can thus serve as a bridge
for shifting understandings of legality. War crimes and “crimes against humanity”
are examples of injustices that international law has addressed in the past.1
The topics that the Sixth Committee deals with are thus highly interdisciplinary,
and both of this year’s topics are no exception to this. The Sixth Committee thus
works closely with other General Assembly committees and policy groups to
recommend legislation and solutions.
The starting point to stop Land-grabbing by governments
and multinationals, which violates natural and traditional
systems and laws: the need for laws to protect land rights.
1-. In many countries the political arena pays little attention to the rights of farmers.
And yet, “giving away” the land is putting at risk the future of their countries. In the world there are already one billion hungry people. Do we need to increase the number?
2-. Few States have their own laws governing international investments in land, and legal avenues for redress under national law are limited.
And yet, the issues at stake are high:
- the consequences are serious for local populations and local farmers,
- It will eventually be clear that the financial efforts being made to bring hunger and poverty to an end will have been made in vain.
3-. Villagers could redress the issue through international human rights law, focusing on human rights, such as the right to food or to property.
UNODC - Criminal Justice Responses to Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Propert...UNESCO Venice Office
FIGHTING AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL PROPERTY
Cross-border training workshop for relevant authorities of
Montenegro and Serbia
Rome (Italy), 20-24 November 2017
The KCLMUN Blue Book has been written as an intensive guide for beginners to MUN. Although it provides a good preparation for participating in any university-level MUN conference, it is designed to support the Society's weekly training sessions. Much of the MUN experience can only be understood when experienced at firsthand. Join your KCLMUN and experience it for yourself.
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The workshop on ‘Global Governance by Indicators-Measuring Governance and Stateness’ will bring together scholars and policy-makers to promote mutual understanding and learning about the role of indicators in evaluating the quality of governance and stateness. The workshop will address three fundamental questions:
• What do governance and stateness indicators measure?
• How are particular metrics created and further developed over time?
• How do they impact on decision- and policy-making?
First, the workshop aims to debate what is meant and measured by ‘governance’ and ‘stateness’. The discussion will attempt to map how several normative quests have shaped the manner in which indicators have been developed over time.
Second, the workshop will approach the technicality of ‘measuring the unmeasurable’, exploring the methodological and conceptual uncertainties faced by some of the most important metrics of governance and stateness.
And third, the workshop will debate the implications and use of governance indicators as the basis for political action and instruments capable of influencing policy-making.
How are the SDGs reshaping governance?
Arthur Dahl offered this keynote at ebbf's annual conference
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I am currently studying International Relations in Mexico. Not a lot of people in Mexico can understand English very well so what I tried to do was to simplify the information regarding the sustainable development goals. My target audience for this document is students who have basic knowledge of the international system. I added some maps that include some important statistics regarding these goals so people can understand why the SDGs are important to achieve. I also added their background, what they are, how they could be achieved among other things . I tried to keep it as simple and understandable as posible without leaving important details.
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The 2024 World Health Statistics edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work. It also highlights the findings from the Global health estimates 2021, notably the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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Birmingham governance seminar presentation
1. How did governance get into the
SDGs and what does this mean?
Creating knowledge to end poverty
2. Prof. David Hulme
Global Development Institute
University of Manchester
http://www.bwpi.manchester.ac.uk/
http://www.effective-states.org/
http://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/
3. MDGs and governance
• Governance not allowed in MDG goals –
no UN Summit on it. Only the preamble…
as with human rights and social justice
• Despite OECD/IFI leadership of key parts
of late MDG process – IDGs & ‘final deal’
• Governance off the goal agenda – treat all
countries as peaceful…do not confuse
rich world publics with unpredictability
4. Post-2015 Agenda and
Governance
• In 2012 when post-2015 discussion was
permitted governance and even ‘good
governance’ achieved inclusion
• By 2015 ‘governance’ was removed
(except for ‘global governance’)
• Confusion about ‘institutions’ –
accountable and inclusive or STRONG?
• National positions…complicated
negotiations…and UN processes
5. The UN High Level Panel’s Illustrative Goal for Governance
Goal 10: Ensure Good Governance and Effective Institutions
a) Provide free and universal legal identity, such as birth registrations
b) Ensure that people enjoy freedom of speech, association, peaceful protest
and access to independent media and information
c) Increase public participation in political processes and civic engagement
at all levels
d) Guarantee the public’s right to information and access to government data
e) Reduce bribery and corruption and ensure officials can be held
accountable
Source: UN High Level Panel, United Nations (2013: 50)
6. Why was governance framed so
ambitiously by HLP?
• Conversations and speculations
• ‘Illustrative’ so save battles for another day
• David Cameron and ‘golden thread’ – not
challenged or nor listening to empirics?
• Consequences of HLP gender balance –
lots of women with rights/gender equality
backgrounds…limited ‘politics as usual’
7. UN Open Working Group:
Goal 16 targets
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
Targets:
•16.1 significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates
everywhere
•16.2 end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and
torture against children
•16.3 promote the rule of law at the national and international levels,
and ensure equal access to justice for all
•16.4 by 2030 significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows,
strengthen recovery and return of stolen assets, and combat all forms
of organized crime
8. • 16.5 substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all its forms
• 16.6 develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at
all levels
• 16.7 ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative
decision-making at all levels
• 16.8 broaden and strengthen the participation of developing
countries in the institutions of global governance
• 16.9 by 2030 provide legal identity for all including birth registration
• 16.10 ensure public access to information and protect fundamental
freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international
agreements
• 16.a strengthen relevant national institutions, including through
international cooperation, for building capacities at all levels, in
particular in developing countries, for preventing violence and
combating terrorism and crime
• 16.b promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for
sustainable development
9. SDGs:
Goal 16 targets
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
Targets:
•16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates
everywhere
•16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence
against and torture of children
•16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels
and ensure equal access to justice for all
•16.4 By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows,
strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all
forms of organized crime
10. • 16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
• 16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at
all levels
• 16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative
decision-making at all levels
• 16.8 Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing
countries in the institutions of global governance
• 16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth
registration
• 16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental
freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international
agreements
• 16.a Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through
international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in
particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat
terrorism and crime
• 16.b Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for
sustainable development
11. SDGs – Goal 16 indicators
• UN Statistical Commission leading
process to finalize the indicators
• Goal 10 (inequality) and goal 16
(governance) are the ‘headaches’
• Technically – lack of LDC coverage by
datasets (except WGI); significant
measurement error (Kaufmann); intrinsic
or instrumental justification…very
political…are D.C. goals legitimate?
12. Intrinsic or instrumental
justification
• Intrinsic – eg Goal 5 on Gender Equality.
For Goal 10 a focus on state legitimacy,
accountability, transparency, rule of law
• Instrumental – development outcomes.
Contested: contract enforcement,
protection of private property, state
capacity. Hulme et al ‘state capacity’ –
government’s ability to make and enforce
rules and deliver services
13. Goal 10 and the long term
• Focus on not taking short-term decisions
that undermine governance measures
• Looking for evolution of governance
statistics as specialist statistical field with
international standards
• Long-term, slow, boring, technically-
oriented process – how change happens!
14. Conclusions 1
• Indicators should set minimum global
standards for fixed dates and focus on
state capacity plus all countries pursue
improved measures on an annual basis.
• Two main tasks: (short-term) set credible
international targets. (Longer-term) design
and implement processes that routinize
governance measurement in all national
statistical offices.
15. Conclusion 2
• Short-term: existing indices are subject to short country
coverage, comparability and legitimacy issues and
methodological shortcomings. The interpretation of
changes in governance may therefore be challenged in
the future, technically and politically.
• Longer-term: develop governance measures that are
globally legitimate – UN or G77-type measures that form
basis for rich world/developing world compromise; help a
governance statistical sub-profession evolve.
16. Reference
• Hulme, D, Savoia, A and Sen, K,
‘Governance as a Global Development
Goal? Setting, Measuring and Monitoring
the Post 2015 Development Agenda’
Global Policy (2014)