ABOUT US

The Pathfinders are a group of 43 UN member states, international organizations, global partnerships, civil society and the private sector. Contact us to explore membership of new pathfinder countries and other partners.

We work to accelerate action to implement the SDG targets for peace, justice and inclusion (SDG16+). In September 2017, the Pathfinders launched the Roadmap for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies. An updated version was published at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2019.

Following the first SDG Summit in September 2019, the Pathfinders continues to act as a platform for action. We aim to demonstrate measurable change against the SDG16+ targets in Pathfinder countries by the second summit in 2023 by working on three objectives:

National delivery – increase national ambition, coherence, innovation, and reporting, so that a growing number of Pathfinder countries fulfil commitments to implement SDG16+.
International delivery – strengthen strategies and momentum at international and regional levels, so that partners more effectively support implementation of elements of the roadmap.
Grand challenges – raise ambition, increase political will, and set a policy and learning agenda in three key areas: promoting justice for all, preventing violence, and tackling exclusion and inequality.

PATHFINDER COUNTRIES

Afghanistan*

Central African Republic

Ethiopia*

Ireland

Netherlands

Rwanda

Sri Lanka*

Uruguay

Argentina

Colombia

Georgia

Jordan

Norway

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Sweden

Bangladesh

Costa Rica

Germany

Liberia

Peru

Senegal

Switzerland

Brazil

Czech Republic

Ghana

Liechtenstein

Portugal

Sierra Leone

Timor-Leste

Cabo Verde

Denmark

Guatemala

Mexico

Qatar

Somalia

Tunisia

Canada

Dominican Republic

Indonesia

Namibia

Republic of Korea

Spain

United Kingdom

*Non-active member

TEAM

The Pathfinders was co-founded by and is hosted by the New York University Center on International Cooperation.

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Faiza Shaheen

Program Director, Inequality and Exclusion

Justine Brouillaud Communications Office NYC CIC SDG 16 plus

Justine Brouillaud

Senior Communications Officer

Paula Sevilla Núñez Program Associate SDG 16 plus NYU CIC

Paula Sevilla Núñez

Program Officer, Inequality and Exclusion

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Nathan Edwards

Program Associate, Justice for All

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Swati Mehta

Program Director,
Justice for All

Themba Mahleka

Senior Program Officer,
Justice for All

Marta Bautista Forcada

Program Associate, International Delivery

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Raquel Jesse

Program Associate, Inequality and Exclusion

Margaret Williams

Associate Director, SDG16+, Interim Program Director, Halving Global Violence

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Roshni Menon

Senior Program Officer,
Inequality and Exclusion

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Léah Guyot

Program Associate, Justice for All

Karina Gerlach Senior Program Advisor SDG16+

Karina Gerlach

Senior Advisor

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Bojan Francuz Program Associate NYU CIC SDG16+

Bojan Francuz

Program Officer,
Halving Global Violence

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Luisa Portugal

Program Associate, International Delivery & Halving Global Violence

ADVISORS

David Steven Associate Director SDG 16 +

David Steven

Senior Advisor

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Gustavo Maurino

Former National Director of Access to Justice for the National Ministry of Justice, Argentina

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Sabrina Mahtani

Independent Expert on Access to Justice for Women

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Daniel Mack

Senior Advisor

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Sam Muller

CEO and Founder of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)

Robert Muggah

Principal SecDev Group and Co-Founder, Igarapé Institute

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Maha Jweied

Former Head of Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice

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Ben Phillips

Advisor, Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion

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Peter Chapman

Independent Expert on Justice and Governance

OUR PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROADMAP

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Development Programme, UN Global Compact, UN Habitat, UNICEF, United Nations Office at Geneva, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Women, World Bank. 16+ Forum, Alliance 8.7, g7+, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Namati, Open Government Partnership, Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network.

PARTNERS FOR THE GRAND CHALLENGE ON JUSTICE

Bingham Centre on the Rule of Law, Cordaid, The Elders, Hague Institute for Innovation of Law, The International Center for Transitional Justice, International Development Law Organization, International Development Research Centre, International Legal Assistance Consortium, the Justice for All Campaign, Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law, Microjustice4All, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Namati, Overseas Development Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Open Government Partnership, Open Society Justice Initiative, University of South Carolina Rule of Law Collaborative, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC – INEGI Center of Excellence, UN Women, White & Case LLP, World Bank, World Justice Project.

PARTNERS FOR THE GRAND CHALLENGE ON INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION

CIVICUS, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security, Global Centre for Pluralism, International Trade Union Confederation, Inuka Foundation, Jasmine Foundation, New School for Social Research, Open Society Foundations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Oxfam, United Nations, World Bank.

PARTNERS PROVIDING GENEROUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Government of Argentina for their support in-kind.