22 June 2016, by Juanita Olaya.
This post was originally published on the Open Contracting Partnership website.
The majority of corruption cases in the world involve some form of contracting. This comes as no surprise as contracts are the main…
15 March 2016, by Sue Hawley, Corruption Watch.
Last Friday, the UNCAC Coalition along with some member organisations, Transparency International, Global Witness and Corruption Watch, wrote to the OECD asking for global standards for corporate settlements in foreign bribery cases.…
31 October 2015, by Tilman Hoppe.
On 14 August 2014, the Republic of Moldova broke the culture of silence around bribery. The number of public officials reporting bribe offers soared strikingly within days.
But what had happened?
Moldova simply installed…
28 October 2015, by Gillian Dell.
What’s on the civil society agenda at the 6th UNCAC Conference of States Parties (COSP)? And what will be the UNCAC Coalition’s focus in St Petersburg?
Although we expect fewer civil society participants in…
27 October 2015, by Dr Juanita Olaya.
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After years of working in the field of governance and anti-corruption I am convinced that fighting corruption should not be a goal in itself, and is of little help…
25 October 2015, by Kolawole Olaniyan.
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Corruption, especially grand corruption, is anathema to the effective enjoyment of human rights, but it is often considered an ‘ordinary and victim-less crime’. It isn’t.
Yet, the myth that corruption is a victimless…
25 October 2015, by Christine Clough, Global Financial Integrity.
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When the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and official observers gather in St Petersburg next week for the 6th Conference of States Parties (COSP), the UNCAC…
22 October 2015, by Katja Bechtel and Susan Cote-Freeman, Business Integrity Unit, Transparency International.
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It is estimated that some US$9.5 trillion of public money is spent each year by governments procuring goods and services on behalf…
21 October 2015, by Vanja Škorić.
The fight against corruption is a long-term process, requiring deep structural changes to a country’s institutions, its legal framework and its culture. Therefore, actors outside government – especially in civil society – are an…
21 October 2015, by Maud Perdriel-Vaissiere, Asset Recovery Advisor, UNCAC Coalition.
The last Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Panama adopted a resolution on asset recovery (Resolution 5/3). It included concrete measures aimed to…
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