Conferencia de Estados parte de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Corrupción. Guest post by Inés Selvood Después de tres días de negociaciones en Doha, aún los países de la región no han podido llegar a un consenso sobre las características del mecanismo de seguimiento de la Convención. La mayoría de los Estados […]
Tag Archives | Anti-corruption Conventions
Show your teeth
Today’s civil society action at the Conference of States Parties on the UN Convention against Corruption by the UNCAC Coalition for an effective review mechanism of convention. The action was based on the great idea from our colleagues at Global Witness, who brought the tooth with the slogan: Will UNCAC wind up toothless? It was […]
En Doha por más transparencia
Guest post by Mercedes de Freitas Estamos en Doha reunidos por un mecanismo de seguimiento que permita apoyar y comprobar el avance de los países en la lucha contra la corrupción. Tres posiciones resumen las diferencias en relación con la forma de abordar la lucha contra la corrupción:
We’re talking about US $40 billion
Today, one day ahead of the Conference of States Parties, civil society is meeting to prepare with representatives present coming from East-Timor and Cambodia, to Argentina and the US. The preparations included discussions with the UN representative of the UNCAC secretariat, Elsa Gopala Krishnan, as well as government representatives. Lilian Ekeanyanwu of the Government of […]
Anti-corruption conventions: A new fight
The anti-corruption movement and its partners are readying for their next battle in the fight against abuses and the disregard for transparency, integrity and accountability. Yet the location is not in a boardroom or in parliament, but in a convention centre in Doha, Qatar. Here, representatives from governments and civil society will be convening discussions […]
5 Days to Doha – How many days to an effective review mechanism?
In December 2006, the first Conference of States Parties agreed that “effective and efficient review of the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (…) is of paramount importance and urgent.” When governments met again in January 2008 in Bali, no progress was achieved. This year in September, as part of its response to the […]
Transparency International Annual Membership Meeting
I just wanted to highlight the outcomes of this year’s Annual Membership Meeting, the biggest since Transparency International has been founded, here in Berlin, 16 years ago. For the first time we had representatives from over 100 nationalities present. It was a truly inspiring experience to meet everyone, sharing experiences of projects and challenges of […]
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