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India’s next government must take on corruption

2 May 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Measurement and Research, People power, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

  India has passed the half-way point in its chaotic elections where 814 million people are registered to vote. The last polling day is 12 May and results will be announced on 16 May. One of the big questions is how the newly elected politicians will deliver on their campaign promises to tackle corruption. Too […]

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Colombia – un gran paso hacia la cultura de la transparencia

24 April 2014 in Access to information, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Miscellaneous, Politics and government

El 6 de Marzo, el presidente colombiano Juan Manuel Santos firmó la Ley de Acceso a la Información. Esto fue el paso formal de un largo proceso liderado por organizaciones de la sociedad civil en colaboración con muchos sectores del país. El derecho de los ciudadanos a conocer en detalle el quehacer del gobierno y […]

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Colombia: a major step forward towards the culture of transparency

24 April 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Politics and government

On 6 March, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos signed the country’s access to information law.  This was the last formal step of a long process led by civil society organisations collaborating with many sectors in the country. The right of citizens to know what governments and public institutions are doing, and how public resources are […]

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Fighting for workers’ rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

16 April 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, Health, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Imagine you were asked to work seven days a week, with no lunch breaks and no overtime pay. That you were forbidden to take a five-minute pause, or even to sit down. And if you complained, you would be fired on the spot. Until recently, this was the situation that faced four female employees of […]

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Anti-corruption street art: lend me your wall

15 April 2014 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Young people

Transparency International’s chapter in the Dominican Republic, Participación Ciudadana, has taken its fight to the streets of the capital city – or rather the city’s street walls – as a form of non-violent protest against corruption, particularly the kind that goes unpunished. The “Lend me your wall” (Préstame tu pared) campaign, which also focuses on […]

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Arte callejero anticorrupción: Préstame tu pared

15 April 2014 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Human rights, Impunity, Miscellaneous, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Young people

El capítulo nacional de Transparency International en la República Dominicana, Participación Ciudadana, ha llevado su causa a las calles de la capital, o mejor dicho a las paredes de la ciudad, como una forma de protesta no violenta contra la corrupción, sobre todo, contra aquella que queda impune. La campaña Préstame tu Pared, que también […]

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Bangladesh factory safety in spotlight

10 April 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Cost of Corruption, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

On 24 April 2013 more than a thousand garment workers died when the Rana Plaza commercial building containing several factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed shortly after work began. A few months earlier, on 24 November 2012, more than a hundred workers died when a factory burned down in another part of the city. The owners […]

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Haiti: a new anti-corruption law brings hope

7 April 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

It has taken a long time but Haiti finally has a comprehensive anti-corruption law. On 11 March the lower house of Parliament passed legislation first drafted in 2007. For a country that has been stuck on the lowest rungs of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for years, this is big and welcome news. And the […]

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Haïti: une nouvelle loi contre la corruption, porteuse d’espoir

7 April 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Après plusieurs années d’attente, finalement Haïti est doté d’une loi globale de lutte contre la corruption. Le 11 mars dernier, la chambre basse du Parlement a adopté le projet de loi rédigé en 2007. Pour un pays qui, pendant des années, a stagné au plus bas niveau de l’échelle de l’Indice de Perceptions de la […]

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Arms Deals in the Dark: secret contracts in the defence sector

31 March 2014 in Access to information, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Politics and government, Private sector

The past few months have seen major scandals in defence procurement involving The Colombian Defence Ministry, AgustaWestland and the UK government, Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, and Kongsberg Gruppen. The ghosts of corruption past are coming back to haunt these institutions. We’ve also seen major new contracts announced: BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia have agreed […]

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