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BELIZE
COMMUNICATES ITS CONSENT TO RECEIVE ON-SITE VISIT OF THE OAS
ANTICORRUPTION MECHANISM
Belize is the third Caribbean country to provide its
consent to receive an on-site visit by the OAS
Anti-Corruption Mechanism (Mechanism for Follow-up on
the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption - MESICIC), as part of that
Mechanism’s review process for its Fifth Round of
Review.
This consent was formally provided by the Permanent
Mission of Belize to the OAS, in a communication sent to
the Department of Legal Cooperation of the Secretariat
of Legal Affairs of the OAS, in its capacity as the
MESICIC Technical Secretariat, in accordance with the Methodology
for Conducting On-site Visits.
This will be the second time Belize receives an on-site
visit from the MESICIC.
The first visit took place successfully from April
23-25, 2014, during the Fourth Round of Review of this
Mechanism. The results of that visit form part of
the Belize country report adopted
by the MESICIC Committee of Experts in September 2014
within the framework of the Fourth Round of Review,
which will conclude this upcoming March, 2015.
It should be highlighted that all the Caribbean
countries that form part of the MESICIC granted their
respective consent and received on-site visits as part
of its Fourth Round of Review.
With respect to the Fifth Round, the MESICIC will
review, among others, the progress made by the States
Parties to address the recommendations formulated in
their country
reports of the Second Round with
respect to systems of government hiring, procurement of
goods and services, and protecting those who, in good
faith, report acts of corruption. Implementation of
other provisions of the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption will also be reviewed.
To date, in addition to Belize, Ecuador, Colombia,
Paraguay, Antigua and Barbuda, Guatemala, Panama,
Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay, Chile, Guyana, United
States, Mexico, Peru, and the United States have
formally expressed their consent to receive on-site
visits for the Fifth Round. The MESICIC Technical
Secretariat expects to receive similar notifications
from other States, which have reported that they are
taking the necessary steps domestically to formalize
their consent.
The MESICIC is a cooperation mechanism between States,
with the participation of civil society organizations,
established within the framework of the OAS, in which
the legal/institutional framework of each country is
reviewed for suitability with the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption as well as the objective
results achieved therein. The incorporation of on-site
visits as a stage and integral part of the MESICIC
review process represents an innovative and pioneering
initiative in the context of the OAS, especially for a
peer review mechanism and the importance of the issues
it addresses.
For more information on the MESICIC, please visit the Anti-Corruption
Portal of the Americas. |
Edition N° 212 - February 2015
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.
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