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Anti-Corruption Recommendations of Civil Society Organisations for Latin America

Final Document of the Roundtable of Civil Society Organisations in the Framework of the Regional Anti-corruption Conference for South America and Mexico contributing to fast-tracking the UNCAC implementation in Latin America. Haga clic aquí para ver este artículo en español…

Working Group on Asset Recovery – Document Review

3 May 2019 – In the run-up to its 13thintersessional meeting (Vienna, 29-30 May 2019), the UNCAC Working Group on Asset Recovery has published the following three documents to be discussed during the meeting: Progress report on the implementation of

Guide to Transparency and Participation in the UNCAC Implementation Review Mechanism: now also available in Arabic

4 April 2019 – The UNCAC Coalition’s Guide on Transparency and Participation in the UNCAC Implementation Review Mechanism has now been translated into Arabic by the Jordan Transparency Center. The Guide contains concrete steps for governments to ensure a fully…

Call for Applications for Regional Meeting on Fast Tracking UNCAC Implementation in Latin America

26 March 2019 – This post was originally published on the UNODC website. en español This is a call for application for NGOs in Latin America to participate in a meeting on Fast Tracking the United Nations Convention against Corruption…

CCC elections 2019

25 March 2019 – We’re happy to announce this year’s elections for the Coalition Coordination Committee (CCC), which is the 12-person oversight and coordination body for the UNCAC Coalition. The following seats are up for election: 1 – Europe Regional…

Switzerland’s Appalling Decision to Return Seized $100 million Yacht to Known Kleptocrat

22 March 2019 – A Swiss prosecutor recently dismissed proceedings against Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Vice President of Equatorial Guinea (and son of the country’s dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo) who had been under investigation for money laundering (Art. 305bis,…

Prominent human rights defender under serious threats to his life in Equatorial Guinea

20 March 2019 by PublishWhatYouPay – A group of human rights and anti-corruption civil society organisations* is appalled by the illegal detention and house arrest of human rights defender Alfredo Okenve Ndoho on the same day that he was supposed…

CISLAC Demand National Assembly to Urgently Investigate the Abrupt Postponement of Presidential Election in Nigeria

16 February 2019, by Auwal Ibrahim Musa – This post was originally published on the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre website. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) is seriously perturbed by sudden postponement of general elections by the Independence…

Implementation of London Anti-Corruption and GFAR Commitments: Nigeria Is on Course

Abuja, 12 February 2019, ANEEJ – Three years after the London Anti-Corruption Summit where Nigeria signed on to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and committed to Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR), Nigeria has largely implemented its commitment. Executive Director…

Call for Applications for NGOs in Africa: Multi-stakeholder workshop on UNCAC and its Review Mechanism

18 January 2019 – The call for applications for NGOs in Africa is now open and the deadline to apply is 4 February 2019. The Workshop will take place on 8–12 April 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The overall…

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