Context in which this group operates
Corruption is not a victimless crime. Those harmed by corruption include individuals, groups, and society as a whole, with impacts spanning human rights violations, lost economic opportunities, and eroded trust in government and social cohesion. Despite this, victims are too often absent from the discussions, legal processes, and advocacy efforts that shape how corruption is addressed.
The Victims of Corruption Working Group focuses on placing victims at the center of these conversations. It works at the intersection of legal norms and practice, ensuring that victims of grand corruption have legal standing and are represented before national, regional, and international courts.
Objectives
The objectives of the Victims of Corruption Working Group are to:
- Put victims at the center of discussions and advocacy around corruption
- Explore options for reparation for victims of corruption
- Contribute to a database of cases involving victims of corruption in national and regional courts
Selected past activities and outputs of the UNCAC Coalition working group on victims of corruption:
- Stronger Together: Justice for victims of corruption – Project page
- Publication (ES): VÍCTIMAS DE CORRUPCIÓN ¿Qué podemos hacer los ciudadanos víctimas de corrupción?, by TOJIL México, December 2022
- English Version: Empowering Victims of Grand Corruption: An Emerging Trend?, by Naomi Roth-Arriaza, published by the Connecticut Journal of International Law, 2 July 2022
- Spanish Version: Empoderar a las Victims de Corrupción a Grand Escala: Una Nueva Tendencia?, by Naomi Roth-Arriaza, published by the Connecticut Journal of International Law, 2 July 2022
- Publication: El interés legítimo de las organizaciones civiles en el amparo Mexicano, by DLM Mexico, January 2021
- Panel discussion: Repairing the Damage: Redress for Victims of Corruption, Vienna, on the sidelines of the 10th resumed session of the UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG), 3 September 2019
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