MEDIA ADVISORY

Note for News and Planning Editors

Berlin, 21 April 2007

The Law is not above the Law:Corruption in Judicial SystemsTransparency International to launch Global Corruption Report 2007

Berlin 21 May, 2007 – Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2007, focussing on: corruption and judicial systems, will be released on 24 May 2007.

Judicial corruption blocks access to justice, hampers economic development, erodes human rights and undermines trust in the institutions of justice, denying victims and the accused the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, sometimes even to a trial at all.

The Report brings together notable scholars, judges and civil society activists from around the world to examine how, why and where corruption mars judicial processes, and to reflect on reforms and activism that help remedy a corruption-tainted system.

London
Global Launch
When:
Thursday 24 May, 2007
10:00 BST (11:00 GMT)

Speakers:
Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
Geoffrey Robertson, QC, Head of Doughty Street Chambers
José Ugáz, Partner, Benites, Forno & Ugáz
Former prosecutor, Fujimori case

Location:
The Middle Temple Hall
Queens Room
Middle Temple Lane
London
EC4Y 9AT

Spokespeople will be available for interviews in :

English, French and Spanish.

Nairobi
Simultaneous Launch
When:
24 May, 2007
12:00 Noon local time

Speakers:
Akere Muna, Vice Chair, Transparency International
Casey Kelso, Director, Africa and Middle East Department
Lilian Ekeanyanwu, National Coordinator, Zero Corruption Coalition, Nigeria
Dr. Richard Leakey, Interim Chairman, Transition Steering Committee, TI-Kenya

Location:
Norfolk Hotel
Tinga Tinga Room
City Square, Harry Thuku Road
Nairobi

Spokespeople will be available for interviews in :

English and French.

Please note:

Press packs will be available as of 24 May, 2007 in Arabic, French, English, Russian, Spanish and Swahili at www.transparency.org
All journalists attending press conferences will receive a hard copy of the Global Corruption Report 2007.

Transparency International is the global civil

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Media contact

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser
press@transparency.org
Tel. +49 30 34 38 20 662