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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…

SERAP and WEA drag federal government to the UN over controversial pardon

16 May 2013, by Adetokunbo Mumuni. World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged the Federal Government to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) expressing “serious concerns about the state pardon granted to the…

Cyprus: more than just a financial crisis

16 May 2013, by Andreas Pavlou. Source: Flickr / tmb2610 This article explores some of the topics currently being talked about inside and outside crisis-hit Cyprus including money-laundering, political transparency and accountability, extractive industry transparency and the right of access…

Bangladesh: how UNCAC review helps build bridges with government

16 May 2013, by Iftekhar Zaman. Proper implementation of UNCAC requires the coordinated efforts of many stakeholders from the key institutions of the National Integrity System, including all branches of the state, anti-corruption agencies, the media, civil society organisations and…

Vietnam: how UNCAC review helps build bridges with government

16 May 2013, by Stephanie Chow and Dow Nga, Towards Transparency. It has been over a year now since Towards Transparency (TT) published its ‘Survey Report in Support of the Government’s Self-Assessment of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention…

SERAP Nigeria launches text service to report local government corruption

14 May 2013, by Nwafor Chinyere. On 1 March 2013, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) launched a text service to enable citizens and residents who witness or are victims of local government corruption in Lagos State, Nigeria to…

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