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Open Letter Calls for UN Resolution Addressing Corruption and Environmental Crime

Whistleblower Network News

On November 3, a group of 301 civil society organizations and experts from 99 countries around the globe sent an open letter to UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) State Parties calling for a strong resolution to be adopted at the upcoming Conference of State Parties (CoSP) 10 to prevent and combat environmental crime and corruption.

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Reaffirming Arbitration: The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice Decides on the Persistent Debate of Public Entities’ Participation in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Despite this, the participation of Brazilian public entities in arbitration remains a subject of debate, even though legislative reforms aimed at resolving this issue were introduced nearly a decade ago ( see Law No. 13,129/2015 ). Moreover, the STJ decision in the REsp No. 9.307/1996 ) by Law No. 13.129/2015.

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Considering Labour's plan for a Covid corruption commissioner

Telles.eu

Labour announced at its conference last week it was considering creating a watchdog to deal with the allegations of corruption connected with Covid support schemes and contracts. In addition it seems Labour also wants to reform the debarment and exclusion grounds for participation in public procurement.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things.

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Open Olympics 2026: progress and challenges

Open Contracting Partnership

Many of you will know that weve always been interested in opening up and improving the procurement and contracts that underpin mega-sporting events, which have – all too-often been – vectors for cronyism, corruption or massive mis-spending.

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UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement: what makes it strong and what’s still missing

Open Contracting Partnership

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Why Malaysia needs a new public procurement law

Open Contracting Partnership

Throughout the pandemic, significant amounts of public funds were disbursed without seeking parliamentary approval, and the procurement process itself became tainted by multiple instances of corruption and cronyism. It would signify a major leap forward in Malaysia’s battle against corruption and mismanagement of public funds.