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Hundreds of NGOs push for anti-corruption action at UN meeting239 civil society organizations from 73 countries call for effective monitoring of anti corruption promises worldwide.
Civil society participation is essential to ensure the credibility of the review process that is being proposed for the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). With discussions underway by Convention signatories about the structure of the process, it is critical that they support and endorse the role of civil society in reviewing UNCAC implementation.
One key issue to be resolved for the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is the transparency of the proposed review process. Of particular concern is whether individual country reports and recommendations will be made public. The outcome on this issue is of major importance to the credibility of the review process and of the Convention itself. Transparency is key to tackling corruption, which thrives in an atmosphere of secrecy. The drafters of the UNCAC recognised this and set out explicit transparency objectives. Signatories should enhance transparency in decision-making processes and ensure that the public has effective access to information (Article 13).The question of whether country reports will be published will be addressed in crucial negotiations that will take place in Vienna from 25 August to 2 September 2009. Transparency is a non-negotiable component of the UNCAC review mechanism. Without it, countries will effectively be repudiating the Convention's own provisions.
Ce guide se concentre sur les deux principales conventions contre la corruption en Afrique, soit les Conventions de l’Union africaine et de l’ONU. Il explique leurs usages; décrit pourquoi et comment promouvoir la ratification nationale, mise en oeuvre et surveillance intergouvernementale ; et met en avant comment promouvoir la surveillance de la part de la société civile. Il comprend également une description brève des autres conventions et instruments pertinents aux questions liées à la corruption en Afrique, notamment la Convention de l'ONU contre le crime organisé transnational, le Protocole de la SADC contre la corruption et le Protocole de l’Ecowas sur la lutte contre la corruption.Ce guide tient à rendre les conventions sur la lutte contre la corruption accessibles à un grand nombre d’organisations de la société civile en Afrique, y compris non seulement celles qui travaillent dans le domaine de la corruption mais aussi celles travaillant sur les questions des droits de l’homme, droits du travail, questions de l’environnement, l’accès à l’information, l’allègement de la dette et autres thèmes sociaux. Il explique les avantages des conventions et offre des outils pratiques aux organisations qui s’intéressent à ce que les conventions aient un impact réel.
TI’s civil society advocacy guides about anti-corruption conventions in Africa, the Americas and the Middle East/ North Africa (in Arabic) aim to assist civil society organisations in understanding the conventions relevant for their region and to help them in promoting ratification, implementation and monitoring of those conventions.This guide exists also in French and Arabic.
This guide focuses on the two principal anti-corruption conventions in the Americas, the OAS and UN Conventions. It explains their uses; describes why and how to promote national ratification, implementation and intergovernmental monitoring; anddiscusses ways to carry out civil society monitoring. It also describes briefly the other conventions having application to corruption issues in the Americas, notably the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime.The guide aims to make anti-corruption conventions accessible to a wide range of civil society organisations in the Americas, including not only those working in the anti-corruption field but also those working on human rights, labour rights, environmental issues, access to information, debt relief and other social issues. It explains the benefits of the conventions and offers practical tools for organisations interested in ensuring that the conventions have a real impact.
This is a Coalition call for G20 action to tackle illicit financial flows. It was signed by approximately 200 organisations and submitted to the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers on 23 April 2010.
UNCAC Coalition Statement regarding the UNESCO Obiang Prize, signed by scores of Coalition member organisations and sent to the UN Secretary General and the Director of UNESCO
