scholarly journals About Equal Access to Justice in a Contemporary World (Issue 2/2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Constitutional Justice ◽  
Do So

This issue of Access to Justice in Eastern Europe is related to various aspects of the development of contemporary legal doctrine. Since the UN announced sustainable development goals, more and more studies are focusing on how we can achieve them and the most effective ways to do so. No one can deny that every person seeks and deserves justice. So the question is, how can we guarantee equal justice for all in a world with so many cases? So far, the attention has been focused on area-specific rather than general approaches. Not surprisingly, in this issue, interesting studies on various aspects of justice development may be found – constitutional justice, criminal justice, digital justice, and even environmental justice, which attracts special attention from our authors.

Achieving Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Lessons for Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-269
Author(s):  
Sarah Tan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractOn September 2015, countries around the world pledged to end poverty, protect the planet, and hit specific developmental targets within fifteen years at the signing of th|e United Nations 2030 Agenda. Within the 2030 Agenda are seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Goal 16 of the SDG contains twelve targets; of these, Target 16.3 is aimed at ensuring equal access to justice for all and Target 16.10 at ensuring public access to information. Malaysia as a signatory has pledged its commitment to fulfilling these SDGs. This paper's primary focus is on the fulfilment of Targets 16.3 and 16.10 within Malaysia's legal environmental framework. At present, there are provisions that ensure equal access to justice and those that ensure public access to information; however, it is suggested that these are insufficient, uncommon, and limited. This paper proposes an amendment to the Federal Constitution to include the express right to a clean environment, and demonstrates, through comparative study, the success similar provisions have had on the environmental protection laws of other countries such as India, the Philippines, South Africa, Nepal, the Netherlands, and Nigeria. It then considers what possible lessons Malaysia could glean from these national experiences in fulfilling its goals for Targets 16.3 and 16.10 before concluding with the proposition that Malaysia should consider an express constitutional right to a clean environment if she intends to meet her SDG goals.

scholarly journals Translating Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interdependencies into Policy Advice

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Breuer ◽  
Hannah Janetschek ◽  
Daniele Malerba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Do So

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, and their 169 targets, are interdependent and interlinked. The successful implementation of all SDGs will rely upon disentangling complex interactions between the goals and their targets. This implies that implementing the SDGs requires cross-sectoral processes to foster policy coherence. Over recent years, academic research has produced a number of different proposals for categorizing the SDGs, systematically mapping the linkages between them, and identifying the nature of their interdependencies. The aim of this review article is to provide ideas of how to move from generic appraisals of SDG interdependencies towards translating these interdependencies into policy action. To do so, the article first provides an overview of existing frameworks for the systematic conceptualization of the SDGs and the interlinkages and interdependencies between them. Secondly, the article critically discusses advantages and limitations of these frameworks, with a particular focus on methodological weaknesses, practical applicability to specific contexts, and utility for the development of policy strategies for coherent SDG planning and implementation. Based on this discussion, the article proposes a roadmap for how research on interdependencies can meaningfully provide orientation for policy action.

scholarly journals Equal Access to the Vaccination of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: Can ASEAN be a Catalyst?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Muhammad Insan Tarigan ◽  
Raisha Hafandi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Asean Member ◽  
Development Goals

Since the time Covid-19 was discovered in Southeast Asia, around 2.5 million people have been infected and more than 54 thousand have died by early March 2021. Even though ASEAN members have followed most of the WHO recommendations to deal with Covid-19, cases are still liable to increase. Therefore, vaccine utilization is the best chance which people believe in to fight the pandemic for now. However, the vaccine’s availability and distribution are a dilemma for the ASEAN member countries. Therefore, this article aims to determine the possibility of ASEAN’s role in creating equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine for everyone. According to the juridical normative research, ASEAN is committed to protect and promote human rights and to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On that basis, the organization tends to play an important role in Covid-19 vaccination in Southeast Asia by cooperating with its partners to research and create the required vaccine.

scholarly journals Vulnerabilities to COVID-19 in Bangladesh and a Reconsideration of Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maiko Sakamoto ◽  
Salma Begum ◽  
Tofayel Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Holistic Assessment ◽  
Do So

Bangladesh is one of the high-risk countries of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent losses due to social and economic conditions. There is a significant possibility that economic stagnation would push a large population back into poverty. In the present study, we have reviewed the chronology and epidemiology of COVID-19 in Bangladesh and investigated the country’s vulnerabilities concerning COVID-19 impacts. We focused primarily on four areas of vulnerabilities in Bangladesh: The garment industry, urban slums, social exclusion, and pre-existing health conditions. The result implicated that the country would take time to recover its economy due to the vulnerabilities mentioned above, and many people in Bangladesh would not be able to tolerate the current situation because they do not have enough reserves to do so. We concluded that if at least some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) had been at least partly attained, the situation would not be as dire as it is now. Based on this conclusion, we suggested a tolerance capacity to indicate how long people can survive without outside support. It is a holistic assessment rather than the indicators presently defined in each SDG, but it should be attained through a harmonized approach to SDGs.

The Quest for Sustainable Development in the Context of Insecurity: Some Critical Reflections

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Dzimiri ◽  
Richard Obinna Iroanya ◽  
Rachidi Molapo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
African Context ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Paradigm

This paper considers the possibility of realizing “peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development; providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels specifically in Africa”. This is goal 16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As configured, peace, security and development are treated as integral subsets of sustainable development. The paper contends that this goal holds the key to the realization of other SDGs in the African context. In examining the achievability of this goal, the concept and essence of development in general and sustainabledevelopment in particular were examined. The paper argues that the well-being of a state and its people is the primary essence of development. Furthermore, development is considered as connoting a state’s capacity to provide enabling conditions such as peace and freedom that sustain general well-being. Development is also a characteristic of a state-system which cannot sustain itself in the absence of peace, security and democracy. The approach and method followed in the paper are largely qualitative and analytical. Data from documentary analysis were relied upon to develop a conceptual framework of peace, security, democracy and development. Findings show that the evolvement of sustainable development remains difficult in Africa because Africa’s development trajectory remains largely disconnected and disjointed. For Africa to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), serious peace and security challenges must be effectively addressed. Broad suggestions to ensure that well-articulated development paradigm in which peace, security, democracy and policy stability are strategically positioned, linked and integrated to the degree that they provide mutual support and reinforcement to one another are made.

scholarly journals Principal indicators to monitor Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenyang Shuai ◽  
Long Yu ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Bu Zhao ◽  
Shen Qu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sheer Number ◽  
Do So

Abstract Hundreds of indicators are available to monitor progress of countries and regions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the sheer number of indicators poses unprecedented challenges for data collection and compilation. Here we identify a subset of SDG indicators (principal indicators) that are relatively easy to collect data for and also are representative for all the indicators by considering the complex interrelationship among them. We find 147 principal indicators that can represent at least 90% of the annual variances of 351 SDG indicators in the past (2000-2017) and are expected to do so for the future (2018-2030) with the lowest difficulty of data collection. Our results can guide future investment in building the data infrastructure for SDG monitoring to give priorities to these principal indicators for global comparison.

scholarly journals The Angry Earth

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Intimate Connection ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Do So

AbstractIn this article, I argue for a broadening of the conceptualisation of wellbeing in the scholarly and policy literature on the topic. I do so as, despite the calls for the inclusion of place in analyses of wellbeing, the literature on the topic still carries a dominant conception of wellbeing as a measurable index based on Euro-American practices and discourses, with their associated views of humanity and nature. I will advance the discussion on wellbeing’s intimate connection to place and place-based consciousness through an ethnographic engagement with kametsa asaiki (‘living well together’), an ethos of wellbeing pursued by indigenous Ashaninka people in the Peruvian Amazon. This is a revealing context as Peru exemplifies how extractive development initiatives tend to misrecognise or underestimate their socio-natural consequences on local pursuits of wellbeing. I argue that an understanding of the role of place and place-based consciousness in wellbeing is key to enhancing the concept’s utility in policy and practice, especially due to its centrality in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In doing so, I call for further ethnographic explorations of the link between wellbeing models and understandings of humanity and nature.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Rule of Law: A Propos SDG 6 on Access to Water and Sanitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Development Goals

The rule of law and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are mutually supportive. Respect for the rule of law is indeed crucial for development issues. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development itself acknowledges, through SDG 16, that access to justice and the rule of law foster sustainable development. The latter ensures that all individuals are treated alike, that they are entitled to the respect of human rights and that the rule of law informs the satisfaction of social, economic, and cultural needs as well as the development of public policies and the governance of competent institutions.

scholarly journals Type of Entrepreneurial Activity and Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9368
Author(s):  
Ana Venâncio ◽  
Inês Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The People ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Main Dimension ◽  
Do So

In this study, we conduct an exploratory study with the aim to investigate whether the type of entrepreneurial activity contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in its five dimensions (people, prosperity, planet, peace, and partnership). In addition, we evaluate whether foreign direct investment (FDI) strengthens or reduces these relations. To do so, we apply a multivariate analysis to a sample of 67 countries and find that entrepreneurship contributes negatively to the achievement of SDGs. This effect is mostly due to necessity and non-innovative entrepreneurships, and is evident in the people, prosperity, and partnership dimensions. Nonetheless, FDI helps to diminish this negative effect, as it improves the relation between entrepreneurships, particularly necessity entrepreneurships, and SDG achievement. The main dimension which experiences an improvement due to FDI is people.

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