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11th Regional Meeting for Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Transparency and Civil Society Engagement in the UNCAC Review Process

CSOs in Sub-Saharan Africa continuously face significant barriers when trying to meaningfully participate in the UNCAC review process. While States Parties are encouraged to include non-governmental stakeholders in the review process, many do not, and those that do often fail…

Anti-Money Laundering in Europe: The role of civil society

3 October 2024 – Combating money laundering is a cornerstone of the anti-corruption agenda. While cross-border money laundering cases are on the rise in Europe, the European Union has recently adopted a package to strengthen its legal and institutional framework…

New civil society report on Venezuela: dismantling of systemic corruption; more transparency and independence of the judiciary needed 

3 October 2024 – A new report by Transparencia Venezuela and Iniciativa para la Recuperación de los Activos Venezolanos (INRAV) finds that Venezuela has legal provisions for the prevention of corruption and asset recovery (Chapters II and V of the…

What’s changed on the new UNODC country profile pages? 

1 October 2024 –  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which acts as the UNCAC Secretariat, has recently updated its UNCAC Country Profile pages. These pages contain information on each States Parties’ UNCAC reviews under the 1st…

UN General Comment No. 26/2022: Positioning land corruption as a human rights issue

Photo by Azzedine Rouichi on Unsplash 23 September 2024 – In a strict sense, there is no express right to land under international human rights law. Yet, without land, several human rights would be in jeopardy. The realisation of rights …

UNCAC Coalition mission to Zambia: Advocacy approaches and impact

6 September 2024 – The UNCAC Coalition recently piloted its new in-country advocacy program, with Zambia selected as the destination to kickstart these efforts.  Zambia’s UNCAC review country visit took place between 13 and 15 August 2024, presenting the perfect…

New Civil Society Report on Kosovo: Need for stronger accountability, better implementation, and judicial independence 

28 August 2024 – A recent report by the Kosovo Law Institute reveals that, while Kosovo has not yet signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), it has demonstrated a solid commitment and effort to build a legal and…

Organized crime, corruption and human rights: advances and challenges for the Inter-American Human Rights System

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) held an international meeting on July 17 and 18, in Washington, DC, on “Corruption, Organized Crime and Human Rights: Advances and Challenges for the Inter-American

Strengthening the IRM: UNCAC Coalition submission to the 15th Implementation Review Group

In the context of the first resumed 15th session of the Implementation Review Group (IRG), the UNCAC Coalition presents the following submission on making the Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) stronger and more effective. The submission is based on a consultation…

Working Group on Victims of Corruption calls on Peru to respect victims’ right to legal standing

19 August 2024 – The UNCAC Coalition Working Group on Victims of Corruption today released a letter calling on authorities in Peru to guarantee the right to legal standing for victims of corruption in the country. The letter comes after…

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