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Cost of Governance: Civil Society Calls for National Dialogue

Nigeria, 26 August 2013. We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are following with keen interest the controversy trailing the lead presentation by the former Vice President of the World Bank for Africa and Minister for Solid Minerals and later for…

Letter to the UNCAC Working Group on Prevention

23 August 2013. Dear members of the Working Group on Prevention, We are writing to you in advance of the next meeting of the Working Group on Prevention and of the Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP)…

The Need for a UN Special Rapporteur on Corruption and Human Rights

Geneva, 13 August 2013. Oral statement by Transparency International to the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights (Council resolution 23/9) Dear Advisory Committee members, I would…

FOI: SERAP drags FG to court over N700bn expenditure

Lagos, Nigeria, 21 July 2013. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court, Ikoyi over failure to provide information on the spending of the N700bn borrowed between December 31, 2012 and April…

New OECD Report on Tax Avoidance Lags Behind Global Transparency Movement

Washington, DC, 19 July 2013, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. OECD’s “BEPS” Report to G20 Fails to Endorse Country-by-Country Reporting for Multinational Companies, a Necessary Precursor to Curtail Corporate Tax Dodging…

The First Three Years of the UNCAC Review Process: A Civil Society Perspective

16 May 2013. This report by Transparency International (TI) and the UNCAC Coalition is about the experience of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the first three years of the UNCAC review process. It is the third such report and covers…

Recommendations for Action by the UNCAC Implementation Review Group and Conference of States Parties

16 May 2013. Re: Recommendations for Action by the UNCAC Implementation Review Group and Conference of States Parties Dear Chair, Bureau and Members of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group, On behalf of the UNCAC Coalition and its Coordination Committee we…

Strengthening UNCAC and its Review Mechanism

29 April 2013. Letter from the UNCAC Coalition to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Dear Chair, Bureau and Members of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group, We are writing to you on behalf of the UNCAC Coalition and its Coordination Committee…

David Cameron Calls for Abolishing Phantom Firms in Major Transparency Victory

Washington, DC / London, 25 April 2013, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. British PM Endorses Public Registries of Company Ownership to “Break through the Walls of Corporate Secrecy” France, Germany Also…

International Monetary Fund: Transparency Policy Needs Complete Overhaul

Halifax, 26 March 2013, Centre for Law and Democracy. This post was originally published on the Centre for Law and Democracy website. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched a review its Transparency Policy, last revised in 2009. As part…

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