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Project 17: Goal 16: Peace and justice

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Goal 16: Peace and justice

12/05/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Project 17, Goal 16: Peace and justice

An indigenous teenager asks if he can get the same access to justice as other Mexicans

Seventeen-year-old Israel lives in Mexico City but faces police harassment when he works selling sweets and cigarettes on the streets of the capital.

In 2015 the United Nations announced a radical plan to change the world.
Global leaders drew up a list of 17 "sustainable development goals" to create a blueprint for a better future. The goals cover things like gender equality, health provision, a good education and much more. We've asked 17-year-olds from 17 different countries tell us what they think needs to change if the world is to meet those goals by 2030.
Seventeen-year-old Israel is a member of the Otomi indigenous community. He lives in Mexico City but he faces police harassment when he works selling sweets and cigarettes on the streets of the capital. For Project 17 Israel went to meet an Otomi woman who was arrested and sent to jail after being picked up by the police - and he talks to indigenous activists fighting for equal access to justice for all Mexicans.

Presenter: Sana Safi
Producer: Tim Mansel

Project 17 is produced in partnership with The Open University

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