Posted by: Gillian Dell
in MyBlog on Nov 26, 2009
On Friday the 13th 2009, 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. Its a landmark in establishing the first ever UN peer review mechanism. But its not a deal to celebrate-how could we celebrate an anti-corruption mechanism that is allowed to operate in secrecy on a government-to-governme t basis? A review process with no requirements of non-governmental inputs, no required country visits, no required publication of reports (only of summaries). All optional!
