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United Nations Global Compact

Sustainable Development Goals Playbook for Small-Medium Enterprises

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The UN Global Compact Network UK, in partnership with Irwin Mitchell, has developed the SDG Playbook for SMEs: a step-by-step guide to help smaller companies unlock the competitive advantages associated with embracing the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Rule of Law Impact Tracker

LexisNexis Legal & Professional,

January 2021
Scene from South-East Asia, woman walking past a building
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has created a rule of law impact tracker using a range of data sets. The rule of law impact tracker is an interactive tool which quantifies the relationship between the rule of law and social and economic development. The rule of law plays a vital part in underpinning all of the SDGs and in particular the targets of SDG 16 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.
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Access to justice; Human rights; Poverty eradication; Rule of Law, Global

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Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organisations

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
Contributing to SDGs 8 and 16, the Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organisations includes information on the organisations that work with the business sector to combat modern slavery.
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Access to justice; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Human trafficking; Partner content; Supply chain, Global

Human Rights Around the World and In the News Tracker

LexisNexis Legal & Professional,

Business Insight Solutions, 15 June 2017
Media has an important role to play in tracking progress towards the SDGs. The Human Rights Around the World and In the Media News Tracker provides a valuable tracking tool to chart the SDGs and their progress across the globe. This tool provides insights that will benefit all of the SDGs and in particular the targets set for SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
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Human rights; Indicators; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation; Rule of Law, Global

ADAM Programme

LexisNexis Risk Solutions,

January 2017
LexisNexis partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) to develop the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children Programme, known as ADAM. SDG 16.2 aims is to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children and the ADAM Programme provides a simple solution to engage citizens, businesses and organisations in finding missing children in the US.
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Access to justice; Human rights; Human trafficking; Rule of Law, North America

RightsApp guide to international human rights law

LexisNexis Legal & Professional,

LexisNexis Australia, December 2016
Rights App

RightsApp is a free, quick reference guide to international human rights law. LexisNexis collaborated with the Australian Human Rights Commission to develop RightsApp, the world’s first mobile application that allows users to quickly and easily search international human rights conventions and declarations by topic, right and country. Providing information about human rights is a vital pillar of target SDG 16.10 to ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms.

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Access to justice; Human rights; Rule of Law, Global

eyeWitness to Atrocities App

LexisNexis Legal & Professional,

the International Bar Association with support from LexisNexis Legal & Professional, June 2015
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional partnered with the International Bar Association to launch eyeWitness to Atrocities, an Android mobile phone app that allows users to report human rights atrocities. The free app enables citizens to contribute to bringing perpetrators to account for crimes against humanity and therefore contributes directly towards the advancement of SDG target 16.3 to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
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Access to justice; Human rights; Rule of Law; Technology

Business for the Rule of Law Framework

LexisNexis Legal & Professional,

June 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional
The Business for the Rule of Law Framework (B4RoL) was launched by the UN GC in June 2015, building on the work started by LexisNexis Legal & Professional and the Atlantic Council in 2013. The B4RoL Framework is a call to action and guide for businesses around the world in taking proactive, voluntary actions to support the rule of law in everyday operations and relationships. Engaging business in the rule of law is critical to SDG 16.3 to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals.
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Industry; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Rule of Law; Supply chain, Global
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