UN Convention against Corruption
The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only anti-corruption convention that is truly global. It takes a comprehensive approach to the corruption problem, as a basis for effectively preventing and combating corruption. In its eight Chapters and 71 articles, the UNCAC obliges the States Parties to implement a wide and detailed range of anti-corruption measures affecting their laws, institutions and practices. These measures aim to promote the prevention, detection and sanctioning of corruption, as well as the cooperation between State Parties on these matters. The UNCAC is unique as compared with other conventions not only in its global coverage but also in the extensiveness and detail of its provisions.
UNCAC, Article 10. Public reporting.
Each State Party shall take measures to enhance transparency in its public administration. Such measures may include, inter alia:
- Adopting procedures or regulations allowing members of the general public to obtain, where appropriate, information on the organization, functioning and decision-making processes of its public administration and, with due regard for the protection of privacy and personal data, on decisions and legal acts that concern members of the public
- Simplifying administrative procedures, where appropriate, in order to facilitate public access to the competent decision-making authorities
- Publishing information, which may include periodic reports on the risks of corruption in its public administration
UNCAC, Article 13. Participation of society.
Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to promote the active participation of individuals and groups outside the public sector, such as civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations, in the prevention of and the fight against corruption and to raise public awareness regarding the existence, causes and gravity of and the threat posed by corruption.
This participation should be strengthened by such measures as:
- Enhancing the transparency of and promoting the contribution of thepublic to decision-making processes
- Ensuring that the public has effective access to information (…)
- Respecting, promoting and protecting the freedom to seek, receive, publish and disseminate information concerning corruption. That freedom may be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided for by law.
Read the full text of the convention here.
Read more about the work Transparency International has done on UNCAC here.
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