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Making a difference in Liberia: A story of civil society success

2 February 2023 – With support from the UNCAC Coalition, civil society in Liberia helps secure new anti-corruption legislation. Fighting corruption can feel like a never-ending struggle. How do we know we’re making a difference? Stories just like this one…

New Civil Society Report on El Salvador: reinstating independence of public institutions and the judiciary & reversing recent trends of restricting civic space urgently needed to combat corruption

1 February 2023 – A new civil society report authored by Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE) finds that while El Salvador has a diverse but dispersed legal framework in place in line with Chapter II (Preventive Measures) and anti-money…

9th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting: Anti-Corruption Agencies

23 December 2022 –  An effective anti-corruption agency (ACA) is a great strength in the fight against corruption. The UNCAC provides specific provisions ensuring the existence of such a specialized body with legal and institutional capacities for the prevention of…

9th Regional UNCAC Coalition Meeting for Sub-Saharan Africa – Sextortion: The Anatomy of a Secretive Form of Corruption

22 December 2022 – It is a sad fact of reality that some people in positions of power demand sexual gratification in exchange for access to resources and opportunities from those below them in a hierarchy. Is it corruption? Is…

9th Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean: strengthening the right to public information to safeguard the environment

22 December 2022 – Access to public information is an essential part of the fight against corruption: it is one of the fundamental pillars of any corruption prevention strategy. As a tool for holding governments to account, monitoring government performance,…

5th UNCAC Coalition Regional Meeting for Europe: Preventing corruption in public procurement

21 December 2022 – Public procurement has always been a highly corruption-prone area. With over a third of our members and affiliated groups in the UNCAC Coalition Europe network already working on or interested in public procurement, we dedicated the…

New Civil Society Report on Tunisia: Democracy and transparency threatened by exceptional presidential measures, weakening UNCAC principles

14 December 2022 – Over the past two decades of political upheaval, Tunisia has taken action to amend its legislative and institutional frameworks in line with the implementation of provisions under both Chapter II (Preventive measures) and Chapter V (Asset…

New Civil Society Report on Mexico: actual implementation of anti-corruption measures in practice & asset recovery provisions needed to effectively combat corruption 

13 December 2022 – A new civil society report authored by Derechos Humanos y Litigio Estratégico Mexicano (DLM) and Sociedad Mexicana de Litigio de Interés Público finds that while Mexico generally has a comprehensive constitutional, legal and regulatory framework that…

UNCAC at a glance – Tools for Transparency and Civil Society Participation

9 December 2022 – New global mapping of anti-corruption progress: tools for success – Every year, International Anti-Corruption Day invites a moment of reflection. It’s a time to recognize the significant progress that has been made, and to celebrate each…

Why an International Anti-Corruption Court is not the answer

This guest blog by Dr. Juanita Olaya Garcia, who chairs the UNCAC Coalition’s working group on Victims of Corruption and has also previously served as Chair of the Coalition, provides an alternative view on the proposal for the creation of…