Summary: Using Voluntary National Reviews to Advance SDG16 and its Interlinkages Across the 2030 Agenda

Organized by the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), in partnership with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), International IDEA, and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), this Voluntary National Review (VNR) Lab examined how countries and partners can use the VNR process (pre and post-HLPF) to advance Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 at national and sub-national levels, and leverage its interlinkages across the SDGs. This interactive dialogue with governments, civil society, UN colleagues, and international organizations included global perspectives and specific insights from Georgia, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Spain, and Vanuatu.