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Special measures against grand corruption

20 June 2015, Akaash Maharaj, Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) Every year, corruption kills 140 000 children worldwide, by depriving them of medical care, food, and water. Yet, far too often, the perpetrators of the most outrageous acts…

Statement of David Banisar of ARTICLE 19 to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group

4 June 2015, ARTICLE 19. Good Morning Mr Chair and distinguished delegates Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is David Banisar. I am Senior Legal Counsel for ARTICLE 19, the global campaign for freedom of expression…

Interview with Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Vienna

Interviewed by Shaazka Beyerle on 4 June 2015. What are your first impressions of this year’s IRG? We are at the start of preparations for the St. Petersburg Conference of the States Parties to UNCAC (CoSP) (November 2-6, 2015). I…

How can Armenia provide proper protection of whistleblowers for effective anti-corruption?

15 May 2015, by Khachik Harutyunyan, Transparency International Anticorruption Center The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) recognises the importance of whistleblower protection and reporting channels. However, in most countries of Europe, and indeed in many of the 175 countries…

Building civil society capacity on the UNCAC in Togo

24 April 2015, by Fabrice Kodjo Ebeh, ANCE Togo. On 27 March 2015 ANCE-Togo organised a workshop on the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Lomé. There were about 50 advocate participants from civil society organisations (CSOs), trade unions and…

New Italian anti-corruption law receives its first approval after a two-year deadlock

12 April 2015, by Claudio Cesarano. After almost two years of delays, amendments and disagreements among parties, on the 1st of April the anti-corruption law sponsored by the President of the Italian Senate Pietro Grasso received its first approval in…

Greece: Pushing the anti-corruption and open government agenda

26 February 2015, by Antonis Schwarz and Panagiotis Vlachos. With the outcome of the Greek general election on 25 January, in which the radical left party SYRIZA gained just short of an outright majority, the world’s focus has been on…

Progressing access to information: global platforms available to civil society organizations

8 December 2014, by Maureen Kariuki. Access to Information remains a key priority for civil society working towards the realisation of open and participatory governance, and while progress may be slow and in many cases frustrating, innovative global platforms and…

Cross-border bribery in the spotlight

4 December 2014, by Adam Foldes, Transparency International. If someone is interested in how much effort the most developed countries of the world put into investigating and prosecuting companies that bribe abroad, then during the last few months there was…

For the UNCAC to Succeed in Bangladesh, More Political Will Is Needed

Dhaka, 27 November 2014, by Shammi Laila Islam. Seven years after accession to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), Bangladesh has achieved significant progress but there is still a long way to go before the Convention is properly implemented. Like…