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The UN Convention against Corruption & civil society: Taking stock after ten years

14 December 2015 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Civil society

14 December 2015 marks ten years since the landmark UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) came into force. UNCAC represented the first truly international consensus on the importance of tackling corruption at all levels and it explicitly identifies the important role that civil society plays in holding governments to account. To make this happen, UNCAC recognises […]

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Time for action: Lebanese citizens against corruption

22 April 2014 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Aid, ALAC, Human rights, People power, Whistleblowing

With more than 1 million Syrian refugees settling into Lebanon, the need to protect this vulnerable population from the inevitable onslaught of corruption that often follows displacement is crucial more than ever before. With this unfolding tragedy in mind, The Lebanese Transparency Association has opened new Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALAC) in the Bekaa […]

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CPI 2013: Crackdown on Middle Eastern civil society must stop

3 December 2013 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Civil society, Defence and Security, Human rights, Measurement and Research, People power, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

In the Middle East and North Africa, tear gas, bullets, office raids and imprisonment have been the hallmarks of state and non-state actions against civil society activists fighting corruption. The Bahraini government proposes a draconian NGO law; while Egyptian, Jordanian and other countries’ NGO laws continue to restrict NGO registration, freedom to operate, and international […]

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Chantal Uwimana, Transparency International’s Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East gives a keynote speech

Giving voice to governance grievances

20 May 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Events, Measurement and Research, Region

How do you get governments that claim to be preoccupied with more immediate priorities and issues such as political instability in the Arab world to pay attention to corruption? This was the fundamental question that began our day as I accompanied Chantal Uwimana, Transparency International’s Director for Africa and Middle East during an interview with […]

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