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Is the EU united in fighting corruption?

30 June 2026 – Guest blog written by Pia Engelbrecht-Bogdanov from Transparency International EU This year’s Europe Day, celebrated on May 9, was the first one that saw an attempt at harmonising the EU’s anti-corruption rules: the newly-passed Anti-Corruption Directive…

What our 2026 community survey told us

25 June 2026 – When we asked whether the Coalition added value to your anti-corruption work in 2025, 83% said yes, with highest support coming from members in Asia-Pacific and the Americas . Three areas kept surfacing when asked…

From global commitments to national action: tools for civil society to strengthen climate governance

24 June 2026 – Strong governance and accountability are essential to ensuring that climate funds reach their intended goals and that the communities most vulnerable to climate change benefit. Yet climate resources are frequently misallocated, projects are poorly monitored, and…

Announcing the newly elected members of the Coalition’s board

19 June 2026 – The members of the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC have (re-)elected members for six of the twelve seats on the Coalition Coordination Committee (CCC), its board, for 2-year terms: The African Center for Governance,…

Strengthening independent oversight and enforcement of CoSP resolution 11/7 on political finance

11 June 2026 – On the margins of the seventeenth session of the Implementation Review Group (IRG), Transparency International (TI), IFES, International IDEA, UNODC, Mongolia, and Norway, organized a side event to follow up on the adoption of the first-ever…

Civil society perspectives on asset repatriation and its use for the realization of human rights: reflections from the OHCHR expert meeting 

11 June 2026 – This blog is jointly published by CiFAR – Civil Forum for Asset Recovery e.V., the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC, the Global Survivors Fund, and Transparency International France.  Every year, billions of dollars stolen through corruption are moved across borders…

Access to information as an anti-corruption tool: why UNCAC implementation needs renewed guidance and civil society expertise

11 June 2026 – Recognized as a human right since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed in 1948, access to public information plays a pivotal role in the context of the UN Convention against corruption (UNCAC). Accessing information…

Yearly NGO briefing on the margins of the 17th IRG

11 June 2026 – This year’s NGO briefing, on the margins of the 17th session of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG) featured a more interactive dialogue between civil society representatives and the UNCAC secretariat, with a specific focus on…

Shaping the Next Phase of the UNCAC Review Mechanism: Towards More Transparent, Inclusive and Impactful Country Reviews

8 June 2026 – The next phase of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) presents a significant opportunity to strengthen how countries assess UNCAC implementation and improve their anti-corruption efforts. At an informal event on…

Mexico and its long-overdue debt to corruption whistleblowers: A chronicle of the institutional development of the protection agenda for reporting persons and corruption whistleblowers in Mexico

11 June 2026 – Guest blog by Vania Pérez Morales, Coordinator of the Corruption Whistleblower Working Group in Mexico, Former President of the National Anti-Corruption System, Director for Mexico and Central America at the Latin American Center for Law and…

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