ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTS ADOPTED FOR
COLOMBIA, PANAMA, CHILE, EL SALVADOR, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE BAHAMAS
The
Committee of Experts of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the
Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC), adopted, during meetings
which concluded December 7, 2007, reports on the implementation of the
Inter-American Convention against Corruption in Colombia, Panama, Chile, El
Salvador, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
These reports form part of the
Second Round of Review on the fulfillment of the Convention. The reports
examine in detail the legal-institutional framework and the objective results
achieved in each country, as well as formulate concrete recommendations on those
areas in which additional progress is required. The issues evaluated in this
round include transparency in the hiring of public servants and the acquisition
of goods and services by the state, protection for those who report acts of
corruption, and the criminalization of the offenses that are established by the
Convention in this area.
The Second Round reports also
evaluate the progress made by the states in the implementation of the
recommendations formulated during the First Round of Review. The First Round
reports examined the measures and results achieved in the areas of
prevention of conflicts of interest, statements of assets of those who exercise
public functions, oversight bodies, access to public information and other
mechanisms for civil society participation in the prevention of corruption, and
assistance in obtaining evidence in the investigation and prosecution of acts of
corruption.
The MESICIC is a mechanism established within the framework of the OAS, in which
states evaluate each other reciprocally, based on conditions of equal
treatment, with respect to the measures taken and the results achieved in
applying the Inter-American Convention against Corruption. In addition,
specific recommendations are formulated with respect to areas where there are
legal gaps or problems that require additional progress. Civil society
organizations participate in this evaluation process, contributing information
on each country with respect to the issues evaluated, through the submission of
documents as well as through presentations at the meetings of the Committee of
Experts at which the country reports are considered and adopted. Both the
responses of the states and the documents submitted by civil society
organizations, as well as the adopted reports, are public and may be accessed by
clicking
here.
MESICIC’s Second Round of Review is scheduled to be completed
later this year. In addition to the reports adopted this past December, similar
reports have been adopted for Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Ecuador,
Honduras, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago.
To access Second Round reports please click
here.
Honduras and Peru to Analyze National
Anti-Corruption Plans of Action
Honduras and Peru plan to hold national
conferences to finalize the details of their respective national anti-corruption
Plans of Action. Honduras will hold its national conference January 31 and
February 1 in Tegucigalpa. Peru’s national conference will take place in Lima,
February 15 and 16.
Each Plan of Action provides a detailed
roadmap for implementing the recommendations made by the Committee of Experts of
the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption (MESICIC), and includes the following elements:
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Specific actions necessary to implement the recommendations
of the MESICIC Committee of Experts
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Institution or entity responsible for implementation
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Estimated costs and resources needed
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Time frame for execution
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Indicators that measure the expected results and means of
verification
During each conference, the Plan of Action
will be discussed by representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial branches,
civil society, the private sector and international lending and cooperation
agencies.
To
access the draft Plans of Action which will be used as the starting point for
discussion at the respective workshops, please click
here.
The Plan of Action project is an initiative
supported by the Anti-Corruption Fund. To read more about the Plan of Action
initiative click
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Anti-Corruption Newsletter
Edition N° 13 - January 2008
What is the MESICIC?
- The Mechanism For Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to support the development
of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption through cooperation between
States Parties.
Read more here…
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