New report: Connecting Corruption and Human Rights

by Craig Fagan on 3:43 pm on Friday, 12. June 2009 | No Comments

Human rights and corruption are not always connected as being integral parts of the same power game of abuses – political, economic, social and cultural. Yet the ties between them have been growing stronger for too long as corruption is increasingly used as a means and ends to human rights violations:

The stealing of oil revenues [...]

Have you paid a bribe last year?

by Georg Neumann on 10:00 am on Wednesday, 3. June 2009 | 5 Comments

Have you paid a bribe in the previous 12 months? This is one of the multitude of questions Transparency International asked more than 73.000 people in 69 countries to address, in the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer, published today, 3 June.
The Barometer is a global public opinion survey that looks at perceptions and experiences of ordinary [...]

Global Corruption Barometer: The human dimension

by Jesse Garcia on 4:44 pm on Wednesday, 13. May 2009 | 8 Comments

Transparency International wants to hear your story!
The Global Corruption Barometer is a global public opinion survey commissioned by Transparency International, which looks at the corruption-related perceptions and experiences of ordinary people. It asks people which institutions most frequently extort bribes, which institutions are perceived to be most compromised by corruption, and asks a whole host [...]

On the Spot: Huguette in Kenya

by Hugette Labelle on 9:16 am on Wednesday, 18. March 2009 | No Comments

The second stop on my East African tour took me to Nairobi, Kenya. Once we had arrived, Rima and I met with the staff of Transparency International Kenya to discuss the many different projects they are currently working on – from ensuring good governance in water, health and education sectors to advocating for policy and [...]