Dear All,
Last week states parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption met in
Vienna to review the progress of implementation of the convention.
Following a decision that they took in Marrakesh in 2011, NGOs were not
allowed to participate as observers (despite our best efforts and those
of many states) however a 'briefing' was held for NGOs.
Access Info and many other members of this list were present at the
briefing, and for those of you interested here are a few updates from
ourselves and the UNCAC Coalition.
My post and intervention focusing on access to information and the
prevention of corruption, which should soon become a bigger issue on the
agenda, as should the issue of beneficial ownership.
http://www.access-info.org/es/anti-corrupcion/400-prevention-uncac
Here is also the statement of the UNCAC Coalition as a whole on the
Coalition's website.
http://www.uncaccoalition.org/learn-more/blog/251-statement-by-the-uncac-coalition-to-the-uncac-implementation-review-group-briefing-for-ngos
We hope to share with you soon a list of 'asks' that we have been
developing in which you can see everything that we hope to get out of
this process - one of those 'asks' is for a clear commitment to
reviewing whether states have put into place access to information laws
as part of the measures that they should implement to prevent
corruption. :-)
Let us know if you would like any further information about this, or if
you are interesting in joining, or becoming more involved in the UNCAC
Coalition.
All the best,
Lydia
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Lydia Medland
Research and Campaigns Coordinator
Access Info Europe
www.access-info.org
+34 91 365 65 58
Twitter @Lydyact
