Grand Corruption and State Capture

The UNCAC Coalition’s Grand Corruption and State Capture working group seeks to advance discussions around defining, criminalising and investigating grand corruption and state capture. It will also help inform and shape revived discussions about possible new international mechanisms to tackle impunity in grand corruption cases.

Working Group Chair:

Gillian Dell, Global Advocacy Lead at Transparency International and UNCAC Coalition board member.

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The Working Group hosts a dedicated email discussion list as well as several coordination calls per year.

Next Working Group Meeting:

Thursday 6 June 2024, 15.00-16.30 Vienna time

Selected past activities and outputs on Grand Corruption:

Advocacy Toolkit: Ensuring Effective Reparation to Victims of the Harm caused by Corruption, UNCAC Coalition Working Groups on Asset Recovery; Gender, Inclusion and Corruption; Grand Corruption and State Capture; and Victims of Corruption, November 2023.
Open Letter (EN): A Call for Action at the 10th UNCAC Conference of States Parties in Atlanta in December 2023 to Ensure Effective Reparation to Victims of the Harm caused by Corruption, 31 October 2023.
Open Letter (ES): Carta abierta a los Estados Parte de la CNUCC: Llamamiento a la acción en la 10ª Conferencia de Estados Parte de la CNUCC, que se celebrará en Atlanta en diciembre de 2023 Garantizar una reparación efectiva a las víctimas de los daños causados por la corrupción, 31 October 2023.
Open Letter (FR): Lettre ouverte aux États parties à la CNUCC : Un appel à l’action lors de la 10e Conférence des États parties à la CNUCC à Atlanta en décembre 2023 pour garantir une réparation effective aux victimes des préjudices causés par la corruption, 31 October 2023.
Written submission: Consequences of Corruption: The Right of Victims to Participation and Reparation in Corruption Cases Submission, UNCAC Coalition Working Groups on Victims of Corruption, on Asset Recovery, on Grand Corruption and State Capture, and on Gender Inclusion & Corruption, 17 October 2023.
Blog: How can we tackle Grand Corruption? A summary of IRG side event, 20 September 2021
Blog: Addressing impunity for grand corruption: what are the options – Voices for Transparency, 2 March 2020
Blog: Grand Corruption in Malaysia: How money is laundered and who is facilitating it, 19 May 2017

UNCAC Coalition Guidelines and Etiquette

Please have a look at our Guidelines and Etiquette, which apply to all conversations and the exchange of information within this group and its email list. By being part of this group, you agree that you have read and will follow the guidelines set for the Grand Corruption group and its email list.