Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 Globally, almost 1 in 6 businesses face requests for bribe payments by public officials.By 2030, the global homicide rate is projected to decrease by 19 per cent from the 2015 level, to around 4.8 per 100,000 people, but still short of the “significant reduction” targeted in the SDGs.Women and girls comprise about 60 per cent of all homicide victims killed by intimate partners or family members.

Globally, 8 out of 10 recorded homicide victims are male. Between 20, the global homicide rate declined by 5.2 per cent – from 5.9 to 5.6 homicides per 100,000 people.From 2018 to 2019, national authorities destroyed 48 per cent of weapons seized, found or surrendered. Between 20, 28 per cent of seized weapons were reported as successfully traced.Over the last decade, the world has spent $349 billion on peacekeeping, humanitarian relief and refugee support.However, civilian deaths dropped by 17 per cent from 2020, and by 69 per cent from 2015. At least 13,842 deaths were associated with 12 of the world’s deadliest armed conflicts in 2021, including 11,075 civilians.In 2021 alone, 320 fatal attacks against human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were recorded in 35 countries.As of May 2022, the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution had surpassed 100 million.

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