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Elections success for the Coordination Committee

10 May 2012, by Lizzie Johnson, Transparency International. The UNCAC Coalition Coordination Committee got off to a flying start into their second year, following elections held between 18 and 24 April 2012. Five of the 12 Committee members were up…

Convention des Nations unies contre la corruption : comment la France met-elle en œuvre ses engagements ?

Avril 2012, Transparence International France. La Convention des Nations Unies contre la corruption (dite convention UNCAC ou « de Mérida ») constitue le premier instrument juridique mondial en matière de lutte contre la corruption. Entrée en vigueur en 2005 et…

Unfair business practices supported by government secrecy new report warns

London / Brasilia, 17 April 2012. Open Government Partnership countries score badly on promoting corporate transparency Private corporations around the world are benefitting from undue levels of secrecy around company registers making it impossible for the public to know how…

How to Participate Virtually in the Open Government Partnership's Brazil Meeting

5 April 2012. The first annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership is taking place in Brasilia on April 17-18, 2012! Many people working on open government may not be able to attend in person, so the OGP has worked…

Letter to the Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks meeting in Washington D.C. on April 20, 2012 in the forum of the International Monetary and Financial Committee

3 April 2012. Your Excellencies, We commend the G20 for acknowledging that a severe lack of integrity, transparency and accountability contributed to the global financial and economic crisis in 2008. Ongoing investigations of conflicts of interest between regulators and financial…

SERAP wants US to establish process to share compensation for foreign bribery

18 March 2012. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a request to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging it to “establish an efficient case-by-case process for the payment of some or all of US Foreign Corrupt…

Global Witness welcomes £8.75m fine against Coutt's for corruption failings

27 March 2012. Global Witness welcomes news that the British regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has fined Coutts bank for failing to do enough to prevent corrupt funds from flowing through its accounts. “This fine is an indicator that…

UNCAC Coalition opposes UNESCO's adoption of the Equatorial Guinea Prize

12 March 2012. The UNCAC Coalition, composed of more than 300 civil society organisations committed to fighting corruption and promoting human rights worldwide, strongly opposes the decision made on Friday, 9 March 2012 by the members of UNESCO’s Executive Board…

£10m house in expensive London suburb recovered by Libya

9 March 2012. Global Witness welcomes today’s successful recovery by Libya of a £10 million London house, previously belonging to Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saadi Gaddafi. The High Court in London ruled that the property, in the up-market London suburb of…

UNESCO: Eliminate Obiang Prize

Paris, 27 February 2012. Critics Oppose His Proposal to Rename Award UNESCO’s governing executive board should abolish a prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at its upcoming meeting, seven civil society groups…

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