The following is a post by Chandrashekar Krishnan, the Executive Director of TI-UK. In the wake of intense last-minute lobbying, reinforced by negative and misleading coverage in some quarters of the media, the commencement of the UK Bribery Act has again been delayed. The Act was originally scheduled to come into force in April following […]
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Impunity or Justice – what will exiled leaders find returning to Haiti?
Marilyn Allien, head of La Fondation Heritage pour Haiti (LFHH), the Transparency International chapter in Haiti, reflects on what the return of former president Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier after 25 years in exile means for Haiti. Truly, we in Haiti are having a very hard time digesting this event and what it means for governance […]
Anti-corruption Day 2010: Talking about corruption is talking about our lives!
Today is Anti-Corruption Day, created in 2003 by the United Nations to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the UN Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. But when we refer to corruption, what do we talk about? What does it mean for people’s lives? Looking at it closely, we don’t […]
Game over. Culprit not convicted.
Let’s start with some shocking news: There is a Western European country in which ten percent of all criminal proceedings are dismissed because they run out of time. This means simply that one in ten alleged criminal offenders in this country is not convicted. Not because he or she is not guilty, but because the […]
Join the International Anti-Corruption Conference
Just to highlight again that the anti-corruption movement is gathering in Bangkok for the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference until 13 November! Join discussions online, through the livestream, and through social media supported by our group of amazing Young Journalists. Tweet #14iacc, blog and see the pictures at https://14iacc.org/social Or meet you up in person at […]
Securing sustainable development outcomes through good governance and transparency
Read more about transparency and aid below: Haiti: Two years after the earthquake, corruption dogs reconstruction efforts Publish What You Fund: Are Aid Donors Walking their Own Talk? International Aid Transparency Initiative: As the world debates aid, the US puts its aid money out into the public To illustrate how public sector corruption impacts on […]
Blog, tweet and film the 14th IACC
Are you a journalist or a professional blogger? Are you young – and we actually have a broad definition of young here? Are you working in an Asian country? Then it would be great to have you join me to form a small team of journalists and bloggers that will cover the 14th International Anti-Corruption […]
Handing the camera to the people
As part of the Poverty and Corruption in Africa programme, Alfred Bridi supported a training on Participatory Video in Uganda. Here’s what he writes about his experience: As a member of the Poverty and Corruption in Africa programme, I was recently able to join six of our African National Chapters at a training on Participatory […]
Enforcing foreign bribery: notes on some of the key issues (part 2)
Gillian Dell, Programme Manager for Transparency International’s programme on international anti-corruption conventions joined the International Bar Association conference on foreign bribery enforcemen in Prague from 20-22 September. Here’s the second part of what she learnt: Considerable attention was given to the new UK Bribery Act. That’s the UK law that introduces strict liability for companies […]
Countdown to the Millennium Development Goals Summit
By Craig Fagan and Jesse Garcia Five years, 127 days, eight hours and 40 minutes. That is the time left until the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved (at least as I type this – https://www.mdgmonitor.org). And in a much smaller amount of time – one month – world leaders will be gathering at […]
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