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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST CORRUPTION Designed and printed at United Nations, Geneva GE.13-17929 — November 2013 — 1,000 HR/NONE/2013/120 About this publication OHCHR’s pamphlet, The human rights case against corruption, briefly outlines the case against corruption from a human rights perspective. (...) Anti-corruption efforts are more likely to be successful if they approach corruption as a systemic problem rather than a problem of individuals. (...) Let us be clear. Corruption kills. The money stolen through corruption every year is enough to feed the world’s hungry 80 times over.

Score: 824518.4 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...es/HRCaseAgainstCorruption.pdf

  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAS

THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST CORRUPTION Designed and printed at United Nations, Geneva GE.13-17929 — November 2013 — 1,000 HR/NONE/2013/120 About this publication OHCHR’s pamphlet, The human rights case against corruption, briefly outlines the case against corruption from a human rights perspective. (...) Anti-corruption efforts are more likely to be successful if they approach corruption as a systemic problem rather than a problem of individuals. (...) Let us be clear. Corruption kills. The money stolen through corruption every year is enough to feed the world’s hungry 80 times over.

Score: 824518.4 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...on/HRCaseAgainstCorruption.pdf

  Response of Estonia

In Estonia, the Ministry of Justice coordinates the anti-corruption policy, including drafting anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption strategy. Fundamental document in preventing corruption is the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2013-2020, which was approved by the Estonian Government on 3 November 2013. (...) The human rights perspective is integrated into the preventive measures against corruption found in the Anti-Corruption Strategy, although the strategy does not state it expressly.

Score: 824174 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...ion/BestPractices/Estonia.docx

  Ethiopia

As the first step of launching the national anti-corruption campaign, the government established the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) in 2001 under Proclamation No. 235/2001. (...) According to the establishment proclamation, the independent commission is duty-bound to create an aware society where corruption will not be condoned or tolerated by promoting ethics and anti-corruption education. (...) In the years ahead, we will do our best to fight corrupters in courts in accordance with the anti-corruption special procedure and rules of evidence proclamation so that properties they plundered through the commission of corruption shall be restrained and confiscated.  

Score: 823644.8 - https://www.un.org/webcast/mer...a/statements2/ethi031210en.htm

  International Anti-Corruption Day | United Nations

Photo: UNDP Ukraine Your right, your role: Say no to corruption Corruption affects all areas of society. (...) In addition, countries also need to ensure support to and protection for whistleblowers and journalists uncovering corruption during the pandemic as well as bring their national anti-corruption frameworks in line with the  United Nations Convention Against Corruption  (UNCAC). (...) The Assembly also designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it. 

Score: 822755.5 - https://www.un.org/en/node/47769

  UNAMA Afghans have b

UNAMA Afghans have been reporting in surveys that corruption is a daily problem and the pervasiveness of corruption in Afghanistan and the measures to counter it are documented in UNAMA’s annual Anti-Corruption Reports.1 Corruption has a concrete impact on all citizens of Afghanistan, who are required to pay bribes in nearly every aspect of daily life, and who suffer from inequities in economic and employment opportunities as a result of widespread nepotism and patronage. (...) Fighting corruption is also a condition for creating an appropriate investment climate. (...) Pillar 1 of the Strategy focuses on establishment of anti-corruption institutions, including an anti-corruption court, and approval of anti-corruption legislation including a review of the criminal laws (Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Whistleblower Law, Access to Information Law).

Score: 822657.8 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...orruption/Challenges/UNAMA.pdf

  Statement CCPR-Centr

Statement CCPR-Centre side-event 18 December COSP · We started working on corruption and human rights in 2017. One of the first big activities we did, was carrying out research , to see how corruption was addressed by the TBs at that time. (...) We supported an alternative thematic report on corruption on Uzbekistan to the HR Committee, and the HR Committee put corruption as the second issue in Uzbekistan’s list of issues, asking the State party which measures have been taken to eradicate corruption. (...) It explores how a human rights based approach, focusing on victims of corruption and State responsibility, can be used to complement and strengthen anti-corruption efforts, and wants to reinforce the link between NGOs working on anti-corruption, that usually focus more on the UNCAC system, and the TBs. · To this end, the guide focuses primarily on how UN human rights mechanisms can be better used to report on corruption, and it provides guidance and practical recommendations on effectively integrating human rights into anti-corruption efforts. · The guide begins by explaining the link between corruption and human rights , and it what way, acts of corruption can lead to human rights violations.

Score: 822450.6 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...GenderCorruption/Eeckeloo.docx

  Commissioned by the

2.2 Anti-Corruption Litigation 2.3 Conclusion 3. Human Rights Based Approach to Anti-Corruption: What Is Still Ahead? (...) Concerns over petty corruption thus seem to be more prevalent than concerns over grand corruption, but does that mean that the Committees are more concerned about petty corruption than they would be about grand corruption? (...) These are the only specific mentions of corruption. In the case of Romania the Committee distinguishes grand and petty corruption by invoking corruption in public procurement and informal payments.

Score: 822172.9 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de.../RaoulWallenbergInstitute1.pdf

  A/HRC/44/43

Corruption is a complex phenomenon affecting all States. (...) While there is no universal definition, the United Nations Convention against Corruption addresses many different forms of corruption, such as bribery, trading in influence, abuse of functions and private sector corruption. (...) Even in non-crisis settings, corruption afflicts the pharmaceutical sector. Allegations of corruption in the health-care sector are persistent.

Score: 822093.6 - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/de...44_43_AdvanceEditedVersion.pdf

  International Anti-Corruption Day | United Nations

Photo: UNDP Ukraine Your right, your role: Say no to corruption Corruption affects all areas of society. (...) In addition, countries also need to ensure support to and protection for whistleblowers and journalists uncovering corruption during the pandemic as well as bring their national anti-corruption frameworks in line with the  United Nations Convention Against Corruption  (UNCAC). (...) The Assembly also designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it. 

Score: 732159.86 - https://www.un.org/en/observances/anti-corruption-day