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UNCAC Coalition Interview with Luis Arreaga, INL Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of State

23 November 2015. What was the most successful outcome of this conference? There were a significant number of positive outcomes from this Conference of States Parties and the most important is clearly the unanimous decision by all 177 States Parties…

Kenyan NGOs: Action Needed Against Public Service Corruption

Nairobi, 17 November 2015. Recent action against officials implicated in corruption and other economic crimes is welcome progress in the fight against corruption in Kenya. The arrest and imminent court appearance of Planning Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti, NYS Director General…

Interview with Pawel Wojtunik, Head of Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, Poland

5 November 2015. What do you think about the results of the first evaluation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) implementation in Poland? Do they have impact on our political reality and do they translate into some specific…

Algérie: La politique des représailles continue

Algiers, 2 November 2015. Une fois encore les autorités algériennes s’opposent à la participation de l’association nationale de lutte contre la corruption « ANLC » à la 6ème session de la Conférence des États Parties à la Convention des Nations…

Message from the UNCAC Coalition Chair, October 2015

25 October 2015, by Manzoor Hasan. In November 2015 we will meet in St. Petersburg for the 6th UNCAC Conference of States Parties (COSP). This is a timely opportunity to celebrate the UNCAC’s many achievements since 2003. In particular, the…

Interview with Dimitri Vlassis, Secretary of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties and Chief of Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC

19 October 2015. What positive things have come out of sessions of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) in the past and what more can we expect? In its short history, the COSP has built the infrastructure for the full…

The UNCAC needs civil society in order to succeed

18 October 2015. The UNCAC Coalition calls on UNCAC States parties to pledge support for transparency and public consultation in addressing corruption. Image: Creative Commons, Flickr / theclyde The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is one of the most…

Interview with Madam Le Thi Thuy, Vietnam Government Deputy Inspector General

13 October 2015. Does Vietnam already have plans for follow-up on the recommendations from the first cycle of the UNCAC review process? The Government of Vietnam enacted Resolution No. 82/NQ-CP on 6 December 2012 with a view to implementing the…

1MDB: Stop Abusing Power and Justice Must Prevail

Kuala Lumpur, 12 October 2015. Transparency International – Malaysia (TI-M) viewed with grave concern that the recent arrest of former UMNO Batu Kawan Division Deputy Chief, Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang, the newly appointed Attorney…

International organisations call on Mongolian parliament to withdraw corruption amnesty law

Berlin/Ulan Bator, 8 October 2015. Transparency International, Transparency International Mongolia, and the UNCAC Coalition sign joint statement to prevent amnesty law Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, its chapter Transparency International Mongolia and the UNCAC Coalition, an international umbrella group…

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