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Conflict-free, secure, strong institutions and fair access to justice are among the main targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. The aim is to have effective, accountable, and transparent institutions for social peace at each possible level. Social peace, social life exclusive of internal conflict, is an objective of social politics, which is offering peaceful solutions to the disputes and conflicts among national and international sectors of society (Kaynak 2014). Justice is related to the quality of being just, impartial, or fair in administration: unbiassed amendment of conflicting claims and allocation of merited rewards or punishments (Merriam-Webster 2018). A set of simple interconnected principles representing a “weak paradigm” based on the survival of all are focused on nonviolent and nondestructive means to resolve conflicts (Sun 2005) backed by strong institutions to...
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Sylva, K. (2020). Regulatory Paradigm Shift for Social Peace and Justice. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_59-1
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