UNCAC 17th IRG

May 2026 –

The 17th session of the UNCAC IRG and the Working Group on Prevention, will be taking place between the 18th and the 22nd of May at the United Nations in Vienna.

Topics of discussion include: anti-corruption and integrity education for children and young people, access to information and corruption in sport.

Opportunities for civil society to engage include:

  1. Ask to join your country delegation to the meetings: The formal sessions of the UNCAC Subsidiary Bodies are closed to civil society observers in their organizational capacity. CSOs may wish to reach out to their government and request inclusion in the country delegation to the meetings (assuming that the government will not cover the costs).
  2. Participate in the NGO briefing and make a written submission to the IRG: CSOs that were accredited to CoSP11 or have ECOSOC status may participate in the NGO briefing, and prepare written submissions that will be published on the 17th IRG session webpage:  written submissions should be sent directly to UNODC, uncac@un.org, by 4 May.
  3. Encourage your government to report on its implementation actions, taking into account civil society’s perspective when doing so, and to publish its statements on the Prevention Working Group webpage: the Working Group will discuss good practices and challenges in access to information, a topic of high-priority for civil society. It is a common practice for States to make their submissions to the working group public. 

Annual NGO briefing

The annual NGO briefing will take place on the margins, on 19 May, between 13:15-15:00 CET, and will be open to representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) accredited to the last CoSP11 in Qatar, as well as to those with ECOSOC accreditation.

More information on location TBC.

Written submissions to the IRG

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