Insulza Calls on Experts to Maintain Rigorous Review of Country Compliance with Anti-Corruption Convention
“Given that the acts of corruption are increasingly more sophisticated, we should be more
careful each time
in examining the juridical and institutional instruments that we count on
to confront this,” urged OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza during opening remarks
of the 11th Plenary Meeting of the MESICIC Committee of Experts, held June 25-29, 2007 at
OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.
During the week long meeting, the MESICIC Committee of Experts reviewed the progress of 6
countries in the implementation of selected measures from the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption, including measures related to government hiring and procurement and
whistle blower protection.
Insulza stressed the significance of these measures, noting their “fundamental importance
for the prevention and repression of corruption.” He also pointed out that despite the
progress already achieved, the international community should continue to work with “efficiency,
objectivity and transparency” to combat the scourge of corruption.
The 6 countries for which final reports were adopted were
Bolivia,
Peru,
Costa Rica,
Venezuela,
Mexico
and
Trinidad & Tobago.
The next meeting of the MESICIC Committee of Experts will take place December 3-8, 2007.
The countries to be reviewed are Colombia, Panama, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic,
and the Bahamas.
The MESICIC review process operates in a series of successive “rounds” in which each State Party
is reviewed to see how well it is complying with selected provisions of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption. The Second Round of
Review, which began in April, 2006, is
scheduled to be completed in December, 2008. The provisions from the Convention selected for
review during the Second Round are:
The Second Round reports also consider the steps taken by each State Party to implement the
recommendations adopted by the Committee from the first round reports.
MESICIC, known for its acronym in Spanish, is the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the
Inter-American Convention against Corruption. The Convention was adopted in 1996, and the Follow-up
Mechanism was created in 2001 to monitor compliance with the Convention.
For more information about the Convention and MESICIC please visit our
website.
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Anti-Corruption Newsletter
Edition N° 8 - July 2007
What is the MESICIC?
- The Follow-up Mechanism for 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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