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Experience on the review of the UNCAC implementation in Cambodia

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Preap Kol. Cambodia signed the UNCAC in September 5th 2007 and is currently undertaking a review of the implementation of the UNCAC for the first time. Cambodia has chosen an inclusive approach for its review…

Christian Aid Statement on Out-of-Court Settlements to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Briefing for NGOs

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Eric Gutierrez. Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates, My name is Eric Gutierrez. I am the Senior Adviser on Accountable Governance at Christian Aid and based in the UK. I would like to thank you for this…

Christian Aid Statement on Beneficial Ownership to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Briefing for NGOs

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Eric Gutierrez. Mr. Chairman, distinguished delegates, My name is Eric Gutierrez and I am the Senior Adviser on Accountable Governance at Christian Aid, an international NGO with offices in 45 countries. We would like to…

Statement by SERAP, Nigeria to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Briefing for NGOs

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Adetokunbo Mumuni. Mr. Chairman, distinguished delegates, My name is Adetokunbo Mumuni and I am the Executive Director of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in Nigeria. I would like to thank you for this…

Statement by the Zero Corruption Coalition, Nigeria to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Briefing for NGOs

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Oluajo Babatunde. Immunity as a potential and real threat to efforts to combat corruption The Zero Corruption Coalition (ZCC) is a coalition of over one hundred civil society organizations working on issues of anti-corruption, transparency…

Statement by Access Info Europe to the UNCAC Implementation Review Group Briefing for NGOs

Vienna, 30 May 2013, by Lydia Medland. Thank you Chair and distinguished delegates for the opportunity to contribute. My name is Lydia Medland, I have come today from Spain in representation of the European organisation Access Info Europe and as…

UNCAC Coalition asks UN meeting to take action for transparency and accountability

Berlin, 21 May 2013, by Gillian Dell. On Thursday 30 May 2013, UNCAC Coalition civil society representatives will gather in Vienna at the United Nations to call for more government transparency and accountability and an end to impunity for corruption…

A primer on Argentina's judicial reform project

21 May 2013, by Ezequiel Nino. On 8 April 2013, the Executive in Argentina introduced a package of six bills in Congress with the purpose of launching a major judicial reform initiative that, if upheld would have a dramatic institutional…

FCPA “bounties” and democratising the global fight against corruption

21 May 2013, by Mark V. Vlasic. In many ways, the United States has led the global fight against corruption with its famous (and infamous to some) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In 2010, however, the FCPA took new meaning,…

Parliamentarians and NGOs to work together to fight political corruption

16 May 2013, by Akaash Maharaj. Credit: flickr / futureatlas.com We live in an age of dire cynicism about corruption in politics. Of the 100 nations surveyed for Transparency International’s most recent Global Corruption Barometer, only in 5 did a…

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