The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index has been launched. As every year, and maybe more than ever, it stirred a lot of needed debate and attention to the issue of corruption around the world. The attention the index received this year showed that the greed and lack of transparency that were at the heart of the […]
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The Deal in Doha
On Friday the 13th, the Doha deal on the UNCAC review mechanism was concluded! (Resolution L9). The deal was adopted by approximately 106 States Parties represented at CoSP3 —another 14 governments were there as observers. It’s a landmark in establishing the first ever UN peer review mechanism. But its not a deal to celebrate — […]
6 years, 3 conferences, no happy end?
Negotiations on the fourth day of the conference on the UN Convention against Corruption in Doha were long and hard. Governments from the two sides met last night and held discussions until around 2:00 in the morning. However, no final agreement has been found yet. Varying reports about what the draft text for how the […]
Latinoamérica no encuentra consenso.
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 […]
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:
Day 2: Mechanism not to wind up toothless
The second day of the conference has started. The key issues in the discussions on the UNCAC review mechanism are on the table. Two positions have crystalized, two draft resolutions are on the table. I will be trying today to get hold of them to put them up here on the blog. While one position […]
Who should monitor corruption?
Before leaving to Doha for the 3rd Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption tomorrow, I would like to quickly share with you the Opinion Editorial of Transparency International’s Chair Huguette Labelle in the International Herald Tribune today. Transparency, not secrecy, will lead to fair treatment. People who are forced to pay […]
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 […]
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