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Asset Recovery: Switzerland and Uzbekistan sign agreement on return of USD 131 million – Statement by Uzbek Civil Society Activists

16 September 2020 – Switzerland and Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Framework for the Restitution of Illegally Acquired Assets Forfeited in Switzerland for the Benefit of the Population of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The agreement sets…

First CoSP intersessional meeting in preparation for the UNGASS 2021 against corruption

11 September 2020 – The first of three CoSP intersessional meetings in preparation for the UNGASS 2021 against corruption was held in Vienna on 2-4 September, in accordance with the General Assembly resolution 74/276. The objective of the meetings is…

The NGO briefing on the margins of the UNCAC IRG meeting

10 September 2020 –  On 1 September 2020, the yearly ‘NGO briefing’ took place on the margins of the 11th reconvened session of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group meeting (IRG) at the UNODC in Vienna. It had been postponed from…

UNCAC Coalition and UNODC sign Memorandum of Understanding

7 September 2020 – On 2 September 2020, Mathias Huter, Managing Director of the UNCAC Coalition, and Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs of UNODC, met at the Vienna International Centre to sign a…

Mauritius signs the UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

7 September 2020 –  Mauritius has become the 26th country and the first country in the African region to sign the UNCAC Coalition’s Transparency Pledge, voluntarily committing to a high level of transparency and civil society inclusion in the second…

The EU Anti-corruption Intergroup calls for the EU to fulfil its obligations under the UNCAC

4 September 2020 – Twelve years ago, the European Union joined the list of States committed to fighting corruption and promoting transparency on a national, regional and global level through the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). To this day,…

Helen Darbishire elected new Chair of the UNCAC Coalition

31 August 2020 –The UNCAC Coalition is glad to announce that Helen Darbishire, the director of Access Info Europe, has been elected as the new Chair of the UNCAC Coalition, the network that coordinates civil society activity in monitoring and…

New Dates for the UNCAC NGO Briefing & Preparatory meetings for the UNGASS on Corruption

17 August 2020 – Following the postponement of the NGO briefing on the sidelines of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG) and the first intersessional meetings in preparation of the first-ever preparation of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS)…

Ill-gotten gains – The Rifaat Al-Assad case: interview with Laura Rousseau (Sherpa)

04 August 2020 – Cet entretien est disponible en français ici. Laura Rousseau, Head of Illicit Financial Flows program at Sherpa Following a complaint filed by the French UNCAC Coalition member organisation Sherpa in 2013, Rifaat Al-Assad, uncle of the…

Slovakia signs the UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

24 July 2020 –  Slovakia has become the 25th country to sign the UNCAC Coalition’s Transparency Pledge, voluntarily committing to a high level of transparency and civil society inclusion in the second cycle of the UNCAC implementation review. Slovakia’s second…