Executive Summary

This report presents the evidence of Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII) on Sustainable Development Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, for the reporting year 2025 (January to December). UIII was founded to bring Indonesian perspectives on moderate, plural Islam into global scholarship, and its contribution to SDG 16 lies in research and dialogue on peace, pluralism and governance, in expert work with governments and regional institutions, and in the integrity, participation and safety of its own institution. Section 1 documents research and international forums, and Section 2 documents governance and integrity, rights and participation, work with government, and peace education in the community, each mapped to the SDG 16 targets and to the THE Sustainability Impact Ratings indicators.

Research and dialogue. UIII’s Scopus profile lists 19 documents mapped to SDG 16. In 2025 UIII co-organised the International Conference on Human Fraternity with the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, which launched the Indonesian Institute for Human Fraternity, hosted AICIS+ 2025 with the Ministry of Religious Affairs, with 2,434 abstracts from 31 countries, and co-hosted the 7th World Indonesianists Congress with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Work with government. UIII’s Center of Muslim Politics and World Society (COMPOSE) trained 24 officials of ASEAN countries in interreligious dialogue in Manila, the KOMITMEN programme convened the Ministry of Finance, Bank Indonesia and the Financial Services Authority on climate-responsive policy, and the University ran the 8th Certificate Course on International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Law with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Integrity and transparency. Rector’s Regulation No. 19 of 2023 on gratification control, a Gratification Control Unit established by Rector’s Decree No. 52/R/2025, a public complaints portal and a whistleblowing system overseen by the Internal Audit Unit, codes of ethics for leaders, lecturers, staff and students, and a public legal information portal make UIII’s governance accountable and open.

Rights and participation. An elected Student Union represents students, lecturers are represented in the Academic Senate, Rector’s Circular No. 1c/2025 prohibits discrimination, and Rector’s Regulation No. 12 of 2025 and a task force for 2025–2027 prevent and handle sexual violence.

The table below summarises the main figures.

Section 1: Evidence of Research and Dialogue for SDG 16

UIII’s research on SDG 16 centres on religion and democracy, pluralism, peacebuilding and governance in the Muslim world. Its Scopus profile lists 19 documents mapped to SDG 16, and the Faculty of Social Sciences hosts the Center of Muslim Politics and World Society (COMPOSE), which links research on interreligious dialogue to training for policymakers. In 2025 the University used international forums to turn this research into dialogue among scholars, religious leaders, officials and diplomats (Table 2).

Table 2: International forums on peace, pluralism and governance hosted or co-organised by UIII, 2025

A. International Conference on Human Fraternity

Date: 29–30 July 2025. Place: Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta. Partners: Higher Committee of Human Fraternity.

UIII and the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, the body established to promote the Document on Human Fraternity, organised the International Conference on Human Fraternity under the theme “Advancing Human Fraternity Amidst Global Uncertainties: Toward a More Peaceful and Prosperous World Civilization”. Government officials, religious leaders, scholars and civil society advocates discussed four themes: fraternity across borders; rights and social justice; the role of the media in bridging divides; and climate change, global crises and environmental justice. The conference launched the Indonesian Institute for Human Fraternity, a joint initiative of UIII and the Higher Committee to turn shared values into programmes and policies for cooperation and lasting peace, and concluded with the Jakarta Declaration on Human Fraternity.

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.1 and 16.b (reducing violence; promoting non-discriminatory policies); THE metric 16.3.

B. AICIS+ 2025 and the World Indonesianists Congress

Date: October and 12–13 November 2025. Place: UIII campus, Depok. Partners: Ministry of Religious Affairs; Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

AICIS+ 2025, the 24th Annual International Conference on Islam, Science and Society, organised by UIII with the Ministry of Religious Affairs on the theme “Islam, Ecotheology and Technological Transformation”, received a record 2,434 abstracts from 31 countries and brought Muslim and non-Muslim scholars together on technological disruption, ecological crisis and the relation between religion and democracy. The 7th World Indonesianists Congress, co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Foreign Policy Strategy Agency (BSKLN) and the Faculty of Social Sciences under the theme “Reviving Bandung Spirit: Boosting South–South Cooperation toward a More Prosperous and Stable World Order”, launched the Global Indonesianist Network, a digital platform connecting nearly 500 experts, and saw the signing of a Memorandum of Commitment between the Faculty and BSKLN to translate research into policy recommendations on South–South cooperation, maritime security and democratic resilience.

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.7, 16.8 and 16.10 (participatory decision-making; developing countries in global governance; public access to information); THE metric 16.3.

C. Peace education with the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

Date: 8 August 2025. Place: UIII campus.

UIII hosted Ekaterina Zagladina, President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, for a dialogue with students from many countries, including Central Asia and Afghanistan, and with academic leaders. The discussion covered how universities can train socially conscious leaders and design peace curricula, practical approaches to conflict prevention and non-violence, and cooperation between the Summit’s network and universities in Southeast Asia, including integrating Nobel Peace Laureates’ educational modules into UIII programmes.

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.1 and 4.7 (reducing violence; education for peace and non-violence).

Section 2: Institutions, Participation and Partnerships in 2025

This section presents UIII’s own governance and the work through which it supports public institutions, drawn from its regulations, the public information portal (PPID), UIII news and the University’s submissions to UI GreenMetric and QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.

Table 3: Overview of the SDG 16 evidence for 2025 by theme

1. Integrity, Transparency and Accountable Governance

SDG 16 alignment: Targets 16.5, 16.6 and 16.10

Date: Rector’s Regulation No. 19 of 2023 and Rector’s Decree No. 52/R/2025, in force in 2025. Unit: Internal Audit Unit (SPI); Gratification Control Unit; Information and Documentation Management Office (PPID).

UIII is governed under Government Regulation No. 23 of 2019 on its Statute, which separates the Board of Trustees, which includes members of the public, the Rector and the Academic Senate. Rector’s Regulation No. 19 of 2023 governs the control of gratification, Rector’s Decree No. 52/R/2025 established a Gratification Control Unit, and Standard Operating Procedure No. 1/SPI/SOP/10/2025 sets out how reports are handled. The public information portal (ppid.uiii.ac.id) offers public information requests, objections, a complaints form, gratification reporting and a whistleblowing system that protects the identity of reporters of fraud, overseen by the Internal Audit Unit through quarterly evaluation, together with sections on financial reports and on UIII’s commitment to an Integrity Zone towards a Corruption-Free and Clean Bureaucracy area. Codes of ethics for the University (Rector’s Regulation No. 5 of 2023), lecturers (Academic Senate Regulation No. 1 of 2023), administrative staff (Rector’s Regulation No. 3 of 2023), which prohibits abuse of authority and acceptance of gratification, and students (Rector’s Regulation No. 15 of 2021) are published on the legal information portal (jdih.uiii.ac.id).

Table 4: Integrity and transparency instruments at UIII

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.5, 16.6 and 16.10 (reducing corruption and bribery; accountable institutions; public access to information); THE metric 16.2.

2. Rights, Participation and a Safe Campus

SDG 16 alignment: Targets 16.1, 16.3, 16.7 and 16.b

Date: In force in 2025. Unit: Student Affairs; Academic Senate; Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence.

Students are represented by a Student Union whose leaders are elected by students, and lecturers by their representatives in the Academic Senate (Statute, Art. 44(1)). The Lecturer Code of Ethics upholds responsible academic freedom and freedom of expression in academic forums. Rector’s Circular No. 1c/Rek/UIII/SE.01/1/2025 (jdih.uiii.ac.id/detail/474) guarantees equal treatment regardless of ethnicity, religion, race, gender, social status, physical ability, culture or minority status, names complaint units and sets sanctions for discrimination. Rector’s Regulation No. 12 of 2025 established an integrated system for the prevention and handling of sexual violence based on non-discrimination and the protection of victims, and Rector’s Decree No. 85/R/2025 formed the task force for 2025–2027. Employees can appeal decisions on their rights and pay through the leadership, the Directorate of Organisation, Personnel and Law and the formal objection and appeal procedure of Law No. 30 of 2014 on Government Administration.

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.3, 16.7 and 16.b (access to justice; participatory decision-making; non-discriminatory policies); THE metric 16.2.

3. Working with Government and Regional Institutions

SDG 16 alignment: Targets 16.6, 16.7 and 16.a

Date: 2025. Unit: COMPOSE; Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Economics and Business; Faculty of Islamic Studies.

UIII provides expertise and training to governments and regional bodies (Table 5). From 1 to 5 December 2025, COMPOSE, with the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR) and KAICIID, held the third Seminar-Training for ASEAN Officials in Manila, which equipped 24 officials to use interreligious and intercultural dialogue on climate action, gender equality and inclusive governance; the programme began in Bangkok in 2023 and continued in Kuala Lumpur in 2024. The KOMITMEN programme’s national dialogue on climate-responsive fiscal and financial policy (11–12 November 2025) brought 84 participants from the Ministry of Finance, Bank Indonesia, the Financial Services Authority, KADIN Indonesia and the Global Green Growth Institute, and the 8th Certificate Course on International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Law related to Armed Conflict, held with the International Committee of the Red Cross and INSANIA from 6 to 10 October 2025, trained participants from Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Philippines, the Gambia and Malawi.

Table 5: Work with government and regional institutions, 2025

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.6, 16.7 and 16.a (effective institutions; participatory decision-making; capacity to prevent violence); THE metric 16.3.

4. Peace Education and Community Engagement

SDG 16 alignment: Targets 16.1 and 16.7

Date: 2025. Unit: COMPOSE; Directorate of Research and Community Engagement.

In 2025 COMPOSE held an international conference on interreligious dialogue in June, a youth interfaith training in Jakarta and, in November, published a textbook on interreligious dialogue in Southeast Asia. Through its competitive community engagement programme, UIII funded three projects on tolerance and dialogue: “Narrative for Change”, a community writing initiative with parents to promote tolerance, diversity and moderate values in children’s literature; “Building Peace through Dialogue”, a youth interfaith camp for religious understanding and inclusion; and a training on interreligious dialogue for peace for young people in Jakarta and Depok. Through the Norway–UIII and Netherlands–UIII scholarships, UIII also gives Afghan women, who are barred from higher education at home, a protected path to master’s and doctoral study.

Table 6: Peace education and community engagement programmes, 2025

Contribution to SDG 16: Targets 16.1 and 16.7 (reducing violence; inclusive and participatory societies); THE metric 16.3.

Section 3: Conclusion

The evidence in this report shows how UIII contributes to peaceful, just and inclusive societies. Targets 16.1 and 16.b are served by research and international dialogue on human fraternity, pluralism and religion and democracy, including the International Conference on Human Fraternity and the launch of the Indonesian Institute for Human Fraternity, AICIS+ 2025 and the 7th World Indonesianists Congress, and by peace education with the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and in local communities.

Targets 16.6, 16.7 and 16.a are served by UIII’s work with governments and regional institutions: the training of ASEAN officials, the KOMITMEN policy dialogue, the ICRC course on international humanitarian law and the Memorandum of Commitment with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Targets 16.5 and 16.10 are served within the University by gratification control, a whistleblowing system and a public information portal, and Targets 16.3 and 16.7 by an elected Student Union, lecturer representation, anti-discrimination and sexual-violence policies and appeal procedures.

In 2026 UIII will report the results of the Indonesian Institute for Human Fraternity and the Global Indonesianist Network, publish its financial reports and the outcomes of its integrity programme, and extend representation of staff and students in University bodies. This report complements the SDG 16 chapter of the UIII Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025/2026.

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