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| This area provides highlights of the valuable work of the anti-corruption movement, championing a world free of corruption. This month highlights the following stories: |
UNODC launch anti-corruption campaign website
By Michael Sidwell
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| In preparation for International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime launched a website to support its international campaign against corruption Your No Counts. |
Aiming to increase awareness of corruption and its negative impact on individuals and society, the website features a new video spot, web banners, brochures, logos and posters in different languages. Visitors to the website are encouraged to download the materials and publish them on personal and institutional websites to back International Anti-Corruption Day and the campaign.
Go to the website www.unodc.org/yournocounts to support the 2008 international campaign against corruption.
60th anniversay of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By Michael Sidwell
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“ …recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” |
On 10 December the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights took place. In a special In Focus Transparency International underlines how fighting corruption brings the world one step further to guaranteeing human rights.
"Corruption has no conscience. By placing a price on a child’s education, a doctor’s time or a judge’s verdict, corruption steals futures, takes lives and fuels impunity. Fundamental economic and social rights, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are neither a commodity nor a privilege, but a necessity for human beings to live in dignity," said TI Chair Huguette Labelle on the occasion.
The promotion of transparency, accountability and citizen participation benefit both ends, which in many ways are mutually dependent. Efforts to fight corruption are hampered where human rights are abused, while unchecked levels of corruption can result in massive human rights violations.
The In Focus includes podcasts with Cobus de Swardt, TI Managing Director; Richard Danziger, Head of Counter Trafficking, International Organization for Migration; María Salazar, Senior Americas Research Associate, Committee to Protect Journalists; J.C. Weliamuna, Executive Director, Transparency International Sri Lanka.
Podcast with Cobus de Swardt, TI Managing Director, on corruption and human rights.Click photo to play>> | |
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Click here for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
TI Bangladesh cartoon competition
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| Transparency International Bangladesh organised its third Anti-Corruption Cartoon Competition to mark International Anti-Corruption Day 2008. |
As part of the chapter’s Youth Engagement & Support (YES) programme, the competition encourages young people between the ages of 13-35 to speak out creatively on corruption and provides a strong collective voice for change.
A total of 59 cartoons were selected from two age groups to put on display at the opening ceremony, among which three in each category were selected by judges for awards. TI Bangladesh also organised cartoon exhibitions in various parts of the country throughout the year to spread anti-corruption messages and create demand at the grassroots level for corruption to be tackled. Altogether, 50,000 visitors attended these exhibitions. The cartoons have shown the commitment and dedication to build a corruption free country across the country.
These cartoons can also be publicly viewed both on TI Bangladesh's website and, for the first time, on Facebook.