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CSO roundtable in Ecuador defines regional anti-corruption action points

12 March 2020 –  The UNCAC Coalition’s new regional coordinator for Latin America, Iñaki Albisu Ardigo, recently participated in the Second Civil Society Roundtable on Fast-Tracking UNCAC Implementation, which was organized by UNODC with support of the UK government in…

Uzbek Activists call for Transparency and Accountability in prominent Asset Recovery Case

11 March 2020 – This statement by Uzbek civil society activists was first published on the website of the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights. Call for Transparency and Accountability in the Return of Gulnara Karimova Stolen Assets to Uzbekistan Addressed …

UNGASS 2021: our first submission to the consultation process

03 March 2020 – The UNCAC Coalition has submitted its first contribution to the consultation process in preparation of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against Corruption, taking place in New York from 26 to 28 April 2021.…

Addressing impunity for grand corruption: what are the options?

2 March 2020, by Gillian Dell (Transparency International) This post was originally published on the Voices for Transparency website. United Nations PhotoSeguir General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate. Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak on Flickr. Grand corruption and impunity go hand in…

Reparations for Corruption: How Corruption Enforcement Ignores Victims’ Rights

28 February 2020, by Juanita Olaya Garcia – This blog first appeared on the Corruption in Fragile States Blog. The UNCAC Coalition is working to advance discussions around the inclusion of victims and their compensation in corruption cases, including through …

Estonia signs UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

20 February 2020 – Estonia has become the 21st 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. Estonia’s second…

CoSP8 Special Event “Making transparency work: Technology-driven approaches to facilitate public access to information”

10 February 2020 – Summary of key points raised at the event  Making transparency work: technology-driven approaches to facilitate public access to information UNCAC CoSP8 Special Event Friday, 20 December 2019, 09.00-10.00 Organised by: UNCAC Coalition, Article 19, Ministry of…

Why don’t the victims of bribery share in the record-breaking Airbus settlement?

6 February 2020 – This post was originally published on the Transparency International website. Last Friday, French, UK and US authorities announced that Airbus would pay record penalties for foreign bribery, after the European aerospace manufacturer reached a €3.6 billion…

Our key take-aways from the COSP8 Special Session: Getting Serious About Beneficial Ownership Transparency

31 January 2020 –  During the UNCAC COSP8 in Abu Dhabi, the UNCAC Coalition co-organized this Special Event on Beneficial Ownership Transparency – i.e. public access to information about the real, ultimate owners of companies and other legal entities who…

Launch of CCPR’s Practitioners’ Guide on corruption and human rights and training for CSOs

14 January 2020 – The Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), based in Geneva, presented its new Practitioners’ Guide on corruption and human rights at the Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC (COSP) in Abu Dhabi in…