People-centred governance in a post-pandemic world
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the International Development Law Organization, and the Government of Italy are organizing the SDG 16 Conference 2022, to be held from 21 to 22 April in a hybrid format. Building on the outcomes of the 2019 and 2021 editions and drawing on the insights of participants from government, international organizations, civil society, academia and youth, the Conference will explore how a people-centred approach to governance can help rebuild trust, accelerate progress towards sustainable development and tackle the challenges facing a post-COVID world.
The Conference will examine how COVID-19 has contributed to the root causes and drivers of conflict and instability, challenged the delivery of public services, threatened the rule of law and increased inequality and exclusion. It will highlight innovations made in response to the pandemic, including approaches to build and sustain development in conflict-affected contexts, strengthen institutional resilience, promote people-centred justice, and address inequalities while leaving no one behind.
Please note that due to COVID-19 related restrictions, there will be limited space at the conference venue. In-person participation therefore is by invitation only. Registration is required for online attendance.
Emmanuel Ametepey
Founder and Executive Director
Youth Advocates Ghana
Jan Beagle
Director-General
IDLO
Leonardo Bencini
Head, Unit for Strategy, Global Processes and International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Giuseppe Busia
President, National Anti-Corruption Authority, Italy
Fabio Cassese
General Director of Italian International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Helder da Costa
General Secretary
g7+ Secretariat
Yamide Dagnet
Drirector, Climate Justice
Open Society Foundations
Antonia Marie De Meo
Director, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
Olivier de Schutter
United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Emanuela Claudia Del Re
EU Special Representative for the Sahel
Aidan Eyakuze
Executive Director of Twaweza East Africa and Civil Society Co-Chair of the Open Government Partnership
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Chair, United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration; Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University
Diego García-Sayán
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
Leymah Gbowee
2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace
Lynrose Jane D. Genon
Executive Council of Young Women+ Leaders for Peace, Philippines
Lawrence O. Gostin
Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
Juan Pablo Guerrero
Network Director, Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency
Gamal Mohamed Hassan
Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Somalia
Sarah Hendriks
Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division, UN Women
Collen Vixen Kelapile
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Sarah Lister
Head of Governance, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP
Liu Zhenmin
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Luca Maestripieri
Director, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Maria Chiara Malaguti
President, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Cindy McCain
Permanent Representative of the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, Vice-President of the Assembly of Parties of IDLO
Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy-Secretary-General, United Nations
Eihab Omaish
Head of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General’s Rule of Law Unit
Isabel Ortiz
Director, Global Social Justice Program, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
Fabrizio Petri
Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and International Cooperation for the Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ people, MFA and International Cooperation, Italy
Gabriela Ramos
Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
John Romano
Coordination, Transparency, Accountability and Participation Network
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin
Ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Marina Sereni
Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
Abdulla Shahid
President of the United Nations General Assembly
Lily Fati Soale
Director, Finance and General Administration, Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ghana
Maria-Francesca Spatolisano
Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UNDESA
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support , UN DPPA
Thomas Stelzer
Dean, International Anti-Corruption Academy
Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini
Magistrate, Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Tatyana Teplova
Head of Division, Policy Coherence for SDGs, and Senior Justice Counsellor, OECD
Mandeep Tiwana
Chief Programmes Officer, Head of the New York office, CIVICUS
Massimo Tommasoli
Director of Global Programmes and Permanent Observer International IDEA to the United Nation
Gillian Triggs
Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR
Ghada Fathi Waly
Executive Director, UNODC