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3rd MENA Regional Meeting: Combating environmental corruption

4 October 2024 – The Arab states have an average score of 34 out of 100 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), the region scored the second lowest globally, with a median score…

17th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting: Restoring Integrity of the Anti-Corruption Agencies

4 October 2024 – The necessity of Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) is often debated, especially when considering some of the least corrupt countries, such as Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, which lack such agencies and have fewer anti-corruption laws. This debate…

15th Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean: Exemptions to the right to access public information

4 October 2024 – It is a right to access public information in Latin America. At the Inter-American level the Principles on the Right of Access to Information and the Escazú Agreement, enshrine this right. All of the countries in…

11th Regional Meeting for Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Transparency and Civil Society Engagement in the UNCAC Review Process

CSOs in Sub-Saharan Africa continuously face significant barriers when trying to meaningfully participate in the UNCAC review process. While States Parties are encouraged to include non-governmental stakeholders in the review process, many do not, and those that do often fail…

Anti-Money Laundering in Europe: The role of civil society

3 October 2024 – Combating money laundering is a cornerstone of the anti-corruption agenda. While cross-border money laundering cases are on the rise in Europe, the European Union has recently adopted a package to strengthen its legal and institutional framework…

New civil society report on Venezuela: dismantling of systemic corruption; more transparency and independence of the judiciary needed 

3 October 2024 – A new report by Transparencia Venezuela and Iniciativa para la Recuperación de los Activos Venezolanos (INRAV) finds that Venezuela has legal provisions for the prevention of corruption and asset recovery (Chapters II and V of the…

What’s changed on the new UNODC country profile pages? 

1 October 2024 –  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which acts as the UNCAC Secretariat, has recently updated its UNCAC Country Profile pages. These pages contain information on each States Parties’ UNCAC reviews under the 1st…

UN General Comment No. 26/2022: Positioning land corruption as a human rights issue

Photo by Azzedine Rouichi on Unsplash 23 September 2024 – In a strict sense, there is no express right to land under international human rights law. Yet, without land, several human rights would be in jeopardy. The realisation of rights …

UNCAC Coalition mission to Zambia: Advocacy approaches and impact

6 September 2024 – The UNCAC Coalition recently piloted its new in-country advocacy program, with Zambia selected as the destination to kickstart these efforts.  Zambia’s UNCAC review country visit took place between 13 and 15 August 2024, presenting the perfect…

New Civil Society Report on Kosovo: Need for stronger accountability, better implementation, and judicial independence 

28 August 2024 – A recent report by the Kosovo Law Institute reveals that, while Kosovo has not yet signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), it has demonstrated a solid commitment and effort to build a legal and…

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