The sixteenth of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to promote
peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for
all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
The pandemic is intensifying children's risk of exploitation, including trafficking and
child labor.
One in three trafficking victims were children in 2018.
Child labor rose to 160 million in 2020, which was the first increase in two decades.
In 2020, the killing of 331 human rights defenders were reported in 32 countries, which is an
increase of 18% from 2019.
Only 82 countries had independent national human rights institutions in compliance with
international standards.
Bribery is at least five times more likely in low income countries at 37.6% than in high
income countries, which is at 7.2%.