Panama City to host first regional anti-corruption workshop of global organisationsOn 6 December 2012, Panama City will, for the first time, host an anti-corruption workshop for legal professionals. The workshop will be the 20th in a series that has been held in major cities across the globe. Developed by the International Bar Association (IBA), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the workshop is part of the global organisations’ joint Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Legal Profession (Strategy).
Audio interview with Nicola Bonucci on anti-corruption workshops in southern AfricaNicola Bonucci speaks to Selinah Ntobong on anti-corruption workshops in southern Africa. The IBA and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), together with the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, hosted anti-corruption workshops on South Africa and Namibia at the end of October 2012. Designed especially for lawyers, the workshops focused on the role lawyers play in international corruption and how international instruments and legislation applies to legal practice.
Namibia first time host of important anti-corruption workshopNamibia first time host of important anti-corruption workshop
Global organisations to hold anti-corruption workshops in Southern AfricaThe International Bar Association (IBA), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will host anti-corruption workshops in Cape Town, South Africa, and Windhoek, Namibia, on 29 October and 30 October respectively. The workshops are part of the global organisations’ joint Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Legal Profession (Strategy) – a project focusing on the role lawyers play in international corruption.
IBA and OECD sign Memorandum of Understanding to extend collaborationIBA and OECD sign Memorandum of Understanding to extend collaboration - IBA E-news, 25 October 2012
Lawyers as Leaders - anti-corruption moduleThe UN Global Compact Office and the International Bar Association, with the support of LexisNexis, has launched the Anti-Corruption module of the video training manual series “Lawyers as Leaders: The Essential Role of Lawyers in the Corporate Sustainability Agenda”.
Corruption is a major obstacle to achieving sustainable development and the private sector has a significant role to play in the fight against corruption.
The IBA marks Russia’s accession to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention with anti-corruption workshopThe IBA marks Russia’s accession to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention with anti-corruption workshop
Siemens GC Peter Solmssen on governance, corruption and democracy Since 2006, the exposure of a series of bribery, corruption and price-fixing scandals at Siemens led to numerous court hearings and multi-million dollar fines. Peter Solmssen, then executive vice president and general counsel of GE Healthcare, was brought in to 'clean up' the company and firmly bring the issue of compliance to the table. He spoke about his experiences as general counsel in a plenary session on ‘Governance, Corruption and Democracy’ at Session 480 ‘The Rule of Law in a Globalized World’
Anti-corruption - filmed interviewsAnti-corruption - filmed interviews with Mark Pieth, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery; Dimitri Vlassis, Chief of the Corruption and Economic Crime Section of the UNODC; and Mark Mendelsohn, former Deputy Head of Fraud, US Department of Justice
Anti-Corruption Committee Newsletter November 2010The Anti-Corruption Committee's November 2010 newsletter is now available to download (free for Committee members).
Report on the impact of corruption on the legal professionThe findings of a major global survey of private legal practitioners, released today at the 2010 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada, show widespread concern amongst lawyers about corruption in the legal profession and a lack of awareness of key international anti-corruption instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
IBA launches ‘Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Legal Profession’ project with OECD and UNODCIBA launches ‘Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Legal Profession’ project with OECD and UNODC