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*** Briefing: 31 May, 15:00 CET / 9:00 am New York*** – UNGASS 2021: A Civil Society Perspective on Action Needed to Advance Transparency and the Fight against Corruption.

Ahead of the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against Corruption, the UNCAC Coalition is hosting a pre-UNGASS meeting to present the take of civil society on key anti-corruption policies: UNGASS 2021: A Civil Society Perspective on Action Needed

UNCAC Coalition hosts two briefings for civil society ahead of the final preparations for the UNGASS

26 May 2021 – Just under one week to go until the first-ever UNGASS against Corruption takes place, the final preparations for the Special Session are well underway, with more details about the format, agenda and side events now available.…

Second Regional Meeting for Latin America: Political Financing, Corruption and Integrity

24 May 2021 – A lively exchange of ideas on the need for more transparency and integrity in political financing resulted in calls to cooperate as a united force to guarantee clean elections in the region in the UNCAC Coalition’s…

New Civil Society Report on Benin: Impartial anti-corruption bodies and private sector transparency needed to effectively combat corruption

10 May 2021 – Benin has made great strides in improving its legislative and institutional frameworks with regards to the implementation of provisions under both Chapter II (Preventive measures) and Chapter V (Asset Recovery) of the United Nations Convention against…

UNCAC Coalition discusses UNGASS & the Path Forward with Vienna negotiators

22 April 2021 – What is the way forward to identify and discuss weaknesses and gaps in the global anti-corruption framework after the UN Special Session against corruption in June? On which issues has the UNCAC proven to be inefficient…

UNCAC Coalition briefs Civil Society on UNGASS preparations

20 April 2021 – Less than two months to go until the first-ever UNGASS against corruption, modalities for civil society participation in the special session are finally becoming clearer, and many CSOs wish to engage and contribute to a meaningful…

UNCAC Coalition Victims of Corruption Working Group discusses art as a means to give voice and identity to victims, featuring Luis Sotelo

20 April 2021 – How can art be used as a transformative medium for the individual and collective voices of victims of corruption? This question was at the center of a recent virtual meeting of the UNCAC Coalition’s Working group…

NEARLY 100 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TAKE ACTION ON GLOBALISED CORRUPTION, TASK A NEW EXPERT GROUP WITH PROPOSING SOLUTIONS

20 April 2021 – Issued by Transparency International, the UNCAC Coalition and Integrity Initiatives International To tackle transnational, large-scale and high-level forms of corruption, UN member states should task a special intergovernmental expert group with the development of concrete solutions,…

New Civil Society Report on Ecuador: More Inter-Institutional Coordination and a Truly Independent Judiciary Needed to Advance Anti-Corruption Efforts

15 April 2021 – Ecuador has made significant progress towards developing normative legal frameworks for the implementation of most articles of Chapter II (Preventive Measures), but the implementation of Chapter V (Asset Recovery) provisions of the United Nations Convention against…

OECD Session Recap: Prioritizing Transparency in the Fight against Corruption, Post-Pandemic

15 April 2021 – As part of the 2021 OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum, the UNCAC Coalition and Access Info Europe hosted a virtual session on ‘Transparency to Fight Corruption in Post-Pandemic Development.’ The time to advance transparency globally…

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