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COSTA RICA COMMUNICATES ITS CONSENT TO RECEIVE ON-SITE VISIT OF THE
OAS ANTICORRUPTION MECHANISM
The Republic of Costa Rica, through its Permanent
Mission to the OAS, formally notified its consent to
receive an on-site visit of the Mechanism for Follow-Up
on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption (MESICIC), as part of the of the
review process for the Fifth Round of Review.
This is the second time that Costa Rica has granted its
consent to receive an on-site visit from a team from the
MESICIC.
The first visit took place in October 2-4, 2012, during
the Fourth Round of Review of the Mechanism. The results
of that visit form part of the Costa Rica country report adopted
by the MESICIC Committee of Experts in March 2013 within
the framework of the Fourth Round of Review, which will
conclude in March, 2015.
In this Fifth Round, which is to begin shortly, the
MESICIC will review, among others, the progress made by
the States with respect to transparency in systems of
government hiring, procurement of goods and services,
and protection for 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 Costa Rica, the following
countries have formally expressed their consent to
receive on-site visits for the Fifth Round: Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize,
Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Antigua and Barbuda,
Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay,
Chile, Guyana, United States, Mexico and Peru. 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° 219 - March 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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