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End impunity for corruption, says global NGO network at UN summit

Panama City, 25 November 2013. As 1,500 government delegates from around the world, including 35 ministers, gather in Panama City for the opening of the biennial conference for the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), hundreds of anticorruption NGOs are calling…

Transparency International, SERAP want FG to account for money spent on education

Lagos, 21 November 2013. Transparency International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project today called on the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to “account for the huge sums of money that are invested in the education sector and be serious about…

Global Witness welcomes UK’s historic rollback of corporate secrecy

31 October 2013, Global Witness. This post was originally published on the Global Witness website. David Cameron will pledge today to make public the names of who actually owns and controls British companies, in a move applauded by Global Witness…

Proposals for improving asset recovery efforts

25 October 2013 Arab Forum on Asset Recovery To the attention of: HE Mr Abdelilah Benkirane, Chief of Government, Kingdom of Morocco HE Mr Dominic Grieve, Attorney General, United Kingdom Dear Chief of Government Benkirane, Dear Attorney General Grieve, On…

G8 and MENA region leaders should speed up the return of proceeds of corruption

Berlin / Buenos Aires / Lagos / Manila / Paris / Rabat, 25 October 2013. UNCAC Coalition seeks Arab Forum action A coalition of 350 public interest groups today called on governments at the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery to…

23rd Latin American Summit of Heads of State and Government in Panama

Panama / Buenos Aires / Madrid, 18 October 2013. La Coalición UNCAC se dirigió a la Cumbre Iberoamericana pidiéndoles mayor compromiso en la lucha anticorrupción en la región. La Coalición UNCAC envió una carta hoy al Secretario General Iberoamericano Enrique…

Proposals on Transparency and Anti-corruption for the 23rd Latin American Summit of Heads of State and Government

18 October 2013. Sr. Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretario General Iberoamericano Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB) Estimado Sr. Enrique V. Iglesias, Nos dirigimos a Usted en relación con la XXIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno que tiene…

European Court of Justice rules in favour of greater transparency of the Council of the EU

Madrid / Luxembourg, 17 October 2013, Access Info Europe. This post was originally published on the Access Info Europe website. In a case brought by Access Info Europe, the European Court of Justice today rejected arguments by the Council of…

NGOs welcome enquiry by Paris prosecutor into financial crimes related to the Vinci Concessions Russie Moscow-St. Petersburg motorway

Paris, 3 October 2013, SHERPA. This post was originally published on the SHERPA website. Today’s announcement by the Paris Prosecutor to open a preliminary enquiry into financial crimes related to the construction of a motorway between Moscow and St. Petersburg…

Governments should act on transparency: International Right to Know Day

Berlin, 28 September 2013. Secrecy fosters corruption On International Right to Know Day, the UNCAC Coalition, a global civil society network, says governments need to move faster to implement transparency commitments made under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).…

A global civil society network promoting the implementation and monitoring of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)