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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…

UNCAC Coalition Names New Chair and Vice Chairs

Berlin, 12 July 2011. The UNCAC Coalition Coordination Committee met last week in Vienna and selected its first Chair Professor Slagjana Taseva. Professor Taseva is Chair of Transparency International Macedonia. She is also a member of the Academic Advisory Board…

UNCAC Coalition Calls on Kenya to Investigate Attack on Kenyan Anti-corruption Activists

7 July 2011. The UNCAC Coalition today calls on the Kenyan authorities to investigate attempts to intimidate Kenyan activists engaged in a peaceful demonstration related to allegations of misappropriated funds. On 23 and 29 June, 2011 activists conducting a sit-in…

Meeting of the Implementation Review Group and Start of Year 2 of the Review Mechanism

30 June 2011, by Gillian Dell, Transparency International Secretariat. The UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG) met at the UN in Vienna on 30 May–3 June 2011 for its second session. This meeting was noteworthy for several reasons. First of all,…

When states fail to request legal assistance under the UNCAC: the case of Egypt

30 June 2011, by Tim Daniel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge UK LLP. The European Union adopted a Council Regulation on 21 March 2011 that provides for restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation…

Recovering Stolen Assets in Egypt

30 June 2011, by Engi M. El Haddad, Afro-Egyptian Human Rights Organization. Egyptians woke up on 12 February 2011 to two new realities: Hosni Mubarak was no longer the President of Egypt, and billions of US dollars had been channelled…

Mismanaged public funds recovered in Nigeria thanks to SERAP

30 June 2011, by Adetokunbo Mumuni, SERAP. Following information from whistleblowers and a petition submitted by the NGO SERAP, the Nigerian Commission for Independent Corrupt Practices (ICPC) investigated allocations to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and discovered massive corruption…

Update on the UNCAC review process

16 March 2011, Gillian Dell. There are 26 first year country reviews under way in the UNCAC review process, with country visits having taken place or expected in numerous countries including Finland, Togo, Mongolia, USA and many in the Americas.…

First Coordination Committee elections

15 March 2011, by Phoebe Hardefeldt. The landmark elections for the first UNCAC Coalition Coordination Committee will be held online from 18 to 22 April 2011. The nomination period has now closed, and 21 candidates have been nominated for the…

Uprisings in the Arab world: time to address illicit wealth

8 March 2011, by Maud Perdriel-Vaissiere. Corrupt money associated with bribes received by public officials from developing and transition countries is estimated at US$ 20-40 billion per year. Without a doubt, the repatriation of illicit assets could provide much needed…

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