Luís de Sousa, Research Fellow, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa), e-mail: luis.sousa@ics.ulisboa.pt The growth of ACAs Over the past three decades, and especially after the signing of the United Nations Convention of Corruption (UNCAC), international standards have…
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ACA series: Reflections on the value, functions, and conditions for success of anti-corruption agencies (ACAs)
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ACA series: AFA, The French Anti-Corruption Agency
François Valérian, member of the International Board of Transparency International, writes about the development, design, remit, and record to-date of France’s nascent anti-corruption agency. The Agence Française Anti-corruption (French Anti-Corruption Agency, AFA) was created by a 2016 law voted under…
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Can the law tackle contested appointments in the House of Lords?
Joseph Sinclair, a lawyer, research associate at Spotlight on Corruption, and recent alumnus of Sussex’s Corruption and Governance MA, writes about the recent controversy over Peter Cruddas’ appointment to the Lords and the shortcomings in the criminal laws that govern…
Do we still need the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group?
The G20’s ACWG has been around for a decade. In this post, Professor Robert Barrington argues that on balance it is more useful than not, but that is hardly a ringing endorsement. If it is to survive a further decade, he argues, some…
Ambitious, collaborative, accountable: to deliver change, the G20 must first empower a wide array of anticorruption actors
It is too easy to sigh that ‘more must be done’ by international fora such as the G20, writes Maggie Murphy. Rather than to deliver a breakthrough intergovernmental agreement, Murphy argues that the point of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group…
An Anti-Corruption A20: The case for an Academic Roundtable to support the G20’s Anti-Corruption agenda
Fighting corruption is both a technical and a political process. In this post, CSC Director Liz David-Barrett argues that an ‘A20’ group of academics could inject much-needed evidence and learning into the work of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, providing…
G20 and anti-corruption: Time to follow through, rather than generate more hot air
Assessing the 11-year-long experience of the G20’s Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) M. Emilia Berazategui argues that it is time for the G20 ACWG to focus on implementation. As she writes, the anti-corruption commitments made are often not new, repeating promises…
Making strides in anti-corruption cooperation: the establishment of the GlobE network
Informal cooperation between law enforcement authorities is crucial in countering different forms of crime, including corruption. But, as Dr Nassar Abaalkhail writes, authorities in many countries are not empowered enough to engage in such cooperation. The Riyadh Initiative towards the…
The G20 as an engine of quiet change: Reaching a summit is crucial to success, but coming back down is even more so
In reflecting on the work of the G20’s Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG), Phil Mason explains that while grand international summits often consist in more ‘theatre’ than substance, they can nevertheless provide important avenues for reform. As he writes, “these processes…
With a Masters in Corruption and Governance, what are my employment prospects?
Professor Robert Barrington, a faculty member at the Centre for the Study of Corruption who teaches both the campus-based and online Masters in Corruption & Governance, reflects on the employment prospects for those who follow this course. The course brochure…
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