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Litigating on Behalf of Victims of Corruption: The Duarte Case from Mexico

18 February 2021 – by Estefania Medina & Adriana Greaves, Co-founders of TOJIL México Leer este artículo en español aquí. A powerful governor embezzles more than USD 30 million that were earmarked for social programs to improve education and health.…

Publication of Annual Report 2019

28 January 2021 –  The UNCAC Coalition’s Annual Report 2019 is now available for download here. 2019 marked an important milestone for the UNCAC Coalition: For the very first time, we established a permanent presence in Vienna where the United…

First regional webinar on Strategic Litigation of Corruption in Latin America

17 December 2020 – The UNCAC Coalition hosted its first regional webinar on Strategic Litigation on Corruption in Latin America on 8 December 2020. Nearly 40 representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) that work on transparency, anti-corruption and open government…

Uzbek Asset Return Network publishes a ‘Special Issue Series’

10 December 2020 – On the International Anti-Corruption Day, the Uzbek Asset Return Network (UARN) has released a special issue briefing paper series analysing the challenges, concerns and opportunities in the international return of assets linked to Gulnara Karimova to…

UNGASS 2021: Commit to Transparency in Company Ownership for the Common Good

9 December 2020 – On International Anti-Corruption Day 2020, a group comprised of leading economists, trade unions and civil society organisations tackling issues from human rights, to poverty, to business integrity, have come together to call for an end to…

Recap of our IACC Panel: Setting the Anti-Corruption Agenda for the UNGASS 2021 against Corruption

9 December 2020 – The UNCAC Coalition hosted a high-level online workshop to discuss priorities of the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against corruption as part of the 19th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), which took place from 30…

Honduras signs the UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

27 November 2020 – Honduras has become the 27th 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. Honduras’s second…

UNGASS 2021 on Corruption: Second Preparatory Meeting Highlights Need for Beneficial Ownership Transparency; Civil Society Calls for Substantive Progress

26 November 2020 – The second of three CoSP intersessional meetings in the run-up to the UNGASS 2021 against corruption took place virtually between 19-20 November. The meeting discussed denying safe havens in the context of transnational corruption cases; good…

Board Election for South Asia Regional Seat

last updated 7 January 2020 – The seat on the UNCAC Coalition’s board (the Coalition Coordination Committee – short: CCC) representing the South Asia Region became vacant recently and the Coalition is holding a special election for that seat. UNCAC…

The 10th UNTOC CoP: Links between Organized Crime and Corruption

28 October 2020 –  Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), the 10th session of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the UNTOC was held from 12-16 October 2020 in Vienna. In addition…