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Advocacy Guide: Anti-Corruption Conventions in the Americas: What civil society can do to make them work

Designed to make conventions more accessible to civil society organisations, this easy-to-read guide provides an overview of two anti-corruption conventions in the Americas: the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The publication shows how to promote national ratification, implementation and monitoring.

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Anti-Corruption Conventions in Africa: What Civil Society Can Do to Make Them Work

Part of a regional series on civil society action in anti-corruption conventions, this guide focuses on the two principal anti-corruption conventions in Africa – the African Union (AU) anti-corruption convention and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

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Anti-Corruption Conventions in the Middle East and North Africa: What Civil Society Can Do to Make Them Work

Part of a regional series on civil society action in anti-corruption conventions, TI published a handbook to help civil society better engage in promoting and monitoring conventions in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Effectively Monitoring the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) provides a comprehensive global framework for combating corruption. While the convention’s adoption marks a watershed, its ratification does not guarantee compliance. TI views the upcoming UNCAC meetings in Indonesia as a key moment to take action on monitoring the anti-corruption measures which countries have agreed to implement.

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Group of Eight Progress Report 2008

TI's G8 National Chapter Working Group issues an annual progress report assessing progress on the the G8 anti-corruption commitments expressed in successive summit communiqués since 2002. The G8 Progress Report scrutinises how successful the leaders of the world's most industrialised nations have been in keeping their word on issues ranging from tackling foreign bribery to ratifying and implementing international conventions.

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Public Contracting in Latin America: Institutions, practices and corruption risks

This study is based on a project coordinated by TI national chapters in nine countries in Latin America. Experts in each country answered a questionnaire which looked to measure risks in each given public contracting system. The report collects and analyses the results and provides important information about where the major risks of corruption lie and where efforts for improvement should be focused.

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Report on Follow-up Process for UN Conventions Against Corruption

This report is the outcome of TI’s Study Group on a Follow-up Process for UNCAC to develop ideas for consideration by the Conference of State Parties.

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Status and Challenges of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption

This reports examines the degree to which the State Parties to the IACC have implemented the convention as well as civil society involvement. It also identifies the major challenges lying ahead and proposes strategies to overcome them.

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TI Progress Report 2007: Enforcement of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

This is the third progress report on the enforcement of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions prepared by Transparency International (TI). It examines the enforcement performance of 34 of the 37 countries that have ratified the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

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TI Progress Report 2008: Enforcement of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

Transparency International (TI) Progress Report tracks the enforcement status of OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (also known as OECD Anti-Bribery Convention) in signatory countries. This year saw the 4th report, documenting the advances and obstacles in convention implementation.

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TI Recommendations for Review Mechanism for UN Convention Against Corruption

Transparency International (TI) today called on governments to give priority to the fight against corruption and to reach consensus on concrete proposals to review whether countries covered by the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are taking sufficient action to fulfil their commitments.

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Understanding the African Union Convention on prevention and combating corruption and related offences

This publication is designed to encourage ordinary Africans to participate meaningfully in pressuring their governments to ratify the African Union Convention. It covers the features of the Convention, the obligations of state parties, the rights of individuals, civil society, the media and issues related to trials of corruption.

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Using the OECD Guidelines to Tackle Corporate Corruption

The Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), provide a set of corrupt accountability standards that offer great potential for civil society to effectively combat private sector corruption

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