Involve civil society in reviewing UNCAC
Dr Iftekharuzzaman urges member states
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), yesterday called upon United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) member states to honour their commitment to involve the civil society in reviewing the convention.
“There can be no effective fight against corruption without citizen involvement and that governments ignore civil society only at their own risk,” he told UNCAC Imple-mentation Review Group (IRG) meeting in Vienna.
The third session of the IRG of the UNCAC States Parties began on June 18 and will conclude tomorrow, said a press release.
This is the first time provisions were made for civil society briefings before the IRG to make the convention truly effective.
Highlighting the need for UNCAC's effective monitoring and enforcement, Iftekharuzzaman lamented that executive summary of review reports of less than 20 countries are available online while over 50 reports are still pending in the third year of review process.
He suggested three measures--time, trust and transparency--for improving the convention review process.
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