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Transparency to Fight Corruption in Post-Pandemic Development

*Read a summary of the session with a recap of what was discussed here.*   The UNCAC Coalition and Access Info Europe will host a Knowledge Partner session at the virtual 2021 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum: Transparency to

Last Preparatory UNGASS 2021 Meeting Discusses the Way Forward

5 March 2021- The third UNCAC CoSP intersessional meeting in preparation for the UNGASS against Corruption took place in a hybrid format (virtual and in-person participation at the UNODC headquarters in Vienna) between 22-23 February 2021, and as in former…

Litigando en nombre de Las Víctimas de la Corrupción: El Caso Duarte en México

19 de febrero 2021 –  por Estefania Medina y Adriana Greaves, cofundadoras de TOJIL México Read this post in English here. Fue indignante la noticia de que un ex gobernador del Estado de Veracruz en México malversó más de 30…

UNCAC Coalition holds virtual civil society briefings on preparations of UNGASS 2021 against corruption

19 February 2021 – The UNCAC Coalition held two virtual briefing sessions on February 4 and 10 for interested Civil Society participants with the aim of sharing information about the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session against Corruption (UNGASS)…

Letter to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

18 February 2021 – Juanita Olaya Garcia, acting in her personal capacity as an international law expert and as the lead of the UNCAC Coalition’s Working Group on Victims of Corruption, and José Ugaz, acting in his personal capacity, as…

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…

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