Without peace, justice and strong institutions, progress on the 2030 Agenda is hard to achieve and harder to sustain. The 2026 Global Progress Report on SDG 16 – from UNICEF, UNDP, UNODC and OHCHR – tracks where the world stands.
For children, the stakes are concrete: 150 million lack a legal identity, 1.6 billion face violent discipline at home and more than 1 in 3 detected trafficking victims is a child. The report makes the case that prevention costs far less than response.