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Access to information: a growing priority in the fight against corruption

Madrid, 1 August 2012. This post was originally published on the Access Info Europe website. At the first ever civil society briefing with States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) which took place in Vienna this June, access…

Why Monitoring of the UN Convention Against Corruption Matters

Cape Town, 25 July 2012. This post was originally published on the ISS Africa website. The almost ten-year-old United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) has committed governments to a bold agenda in the fight against corruption. The current phase of…

“Biens Mal Acquis” Case: Teodorin Obiang refuses to appear before judicial authorities

Paris, 13 July 2012. The judges release an international arrest warrant Teodoro Nguema Obiang (TNO), son of the President of Equatorial Guinea and recently appointed “second vice president”, refused for the second time to appear before the investigating judges of…

United Nations Town Hall Meeting on Corruption, 20 June in Vienna

9 July 2012, by Gillian Dell, Transparency International. What if governments got together and asked the people of the world: “How do you think we’re doing in our efforts against corruption”? And then listened. That’s what happened at the United…

Overview of the in-person Coordination Committee meeting, 21–22 June

6 July 2012, by Vincent Lazatin. Taking advantage of the presence of a majority of the members of the UNCAC Coalition Coordination Committee in Vienna due to the IRG NGO briefing, the Coordination Committee held a two-day strategy meeting. The…

How can the third year of the UNCAC review process be the most successful yet?

4 July 2012, by Marie Terracol, Transparency International. Is the UNCAC Review Process meeting its objectives? How many countries in the first and second years of review delivered their reports on time? Has the process been transparent and inclusive? The…

A glance at the Arab Convention to Fight Corruption

3 July 2012, by Abdelaziz Nouaydi and Saad Filali Meknassi, Transparency Maroc. Fifteen of 22 Arab States have so far ratified or acceded to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).[1] In a separate development, the League of Arab States…

Los Cabos G20 summit: walking the talk on anti-corruption?

29 June 2012, by Angela McClellan, Transparency International. The powerful forum of the G20 countries who account for 85% of the world economy had their annual summit this year in Los Cabos, Mexico on 17 – 18 June. Mexico is…

UNCAC Coalition Speech to UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on "Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development"

New York, 26 June 2012, by Saad Filali Meknassi. Mr. President, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I am Saad Filali Meknassi of Transparency International Morocco and member of the Coordination Committee of the civil society coalition for the…

International Mandates Deplore Attacks on Freedom of Expression

25 June 2012. Today, the 13th annual Joint Declaration by the four specialised mandates of the UN, OAS, OSCE and African Commission tasked with promoting and protecting freedom of expression was launched in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. This…

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