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Proposals to Amend US Foreign Bribery Law Could Significantly Undermine Human Rights, Commerce, US Standing in the World

Washington, DC, 12 January 2012. Broad Coalition of 33 Civil Society and Socially Responsible Investment Leaders Call on Congress to Refrain from Introducing Legislation Amending FCPA Earlier today more than 30 civil society and business groups, including human rights and…

World Bank Law Digest launched

9 December 2011. On December 9, 2011, the World Bank launched the inaugural edition of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board Law Digest. The electronic version of the Law Digest can be accessed here. Printed copies may be provided upon…

Civil Society Locked out at UN Anti-Corruption Summit, Calling Effectiveness of Global Convention into Question

Marrakesh, 28 October 2011. Against the backdrop of popular revolutions and protests across the world, governments at the UN Anti-Corruption summit this week in Marrakesh, Morocco, have chosen to continue locking civil society out of the enforcement process of the…

Civil society role crucial to success of global anti-corruption convention

Marrakesh, 24 October 2011. Measures on stolen assets and technical assistance can help Libya, Tunisia and Egypt rebuild The 154 countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) must honour their commitment to a civil society voice…

Governments must address corporate corruption, says report

24 October 2011. This post was originally published on the Guardian website. World Bank and UN urge greater devotion of resources to fight against corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing A joint report by the World Bank and the UN…

The IRG suspends NGO participation again

13 October 2011, by Gillian Dell, Transparency International Secretariat. The UNCAC Implementation Review Group held its resumed 2nd session at the UN in Vienna on 7–9 September 2011, with John Brandolino of the US as Chair. (The IRG oversees the…

CSO experiences with the UNCAC review mechanism, Year 1

13 October 2011. In November 2009, a new Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the UNCAC was approved at the 3rd session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) in its resolution 3/1. The mechanism started up in July…

Coalition Statement on Promoting Asset Recovery and Countering Laundering of Corruptly Taken Assets

20 September 2011. The time has come to act. Beyond shedding light on the devastating impact of grand corruption, the Arab spring has revealed major anti-money laundering deficiencies, and the huge difficulties of getting the money back even after the…

UNCAC Coalition Statement on Article 13

22 August 2011. Transparency and Public Participation in UNCAC Implementation and Monitoring are Key to Success Corruption thrives on secrecy, when undisturbed by public access to information about government and business activities. Countering it requires public participation and transparency in…

Training Videos on the Review Mechanism Launched

17 August 2011. The UNCAC Coalition is pleased to announce the launch of a new six-part collection of short animated training videos about Civil Society and the UNCAC Review Process. The videos cover the following topics: Introduction to the UNCAC…

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