GOPAC Executive Committee Meets in Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico – June 16-17, 2009 – Members of GOPAC’s (Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption) Executive Committee came to Mexico City, Mexico (June 16-17th, 2009) to conduct its annual meeting.

The meeting was hosted by Diputado César Camacho, Member of the Mexican Camara de Diputados, Chair of GOPAC’s Latin American Chapter and Vice Chair of GOPAC. The event was opened by Diputado César Duarte Jaquez, President of the Mexican Congress. More...

GOPAC’S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING GLOBAL TASK FORCE

Governments in banking centres like Switzerland and Liechtenstein have said that they will ease strict banking secrecy rules and will exchange information with foreign governments to combat tax fraud and tax evasion. While this is a positive development, it does not address the need to stop the laundering of corrupt money, and the recovery and repatriation of stolen assets. More...

LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
The Council of Europe has developed a number of multifaceted legal instruments dealing with matters such as the criminalisation of corruption in the public and private sectors, liability and compensation for damage caused by corruption, conduct of public officials and the financing of political parties. These instruments are aimed at improving the capacity of States to fight corruption domestically as well as at international level. The monitoring of compliance with these standards is entrusted to the Group of States against Corruption, (GRECO). Click here to see the Recommendation on Common Rules against Corruption in the Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns.\

GOPAC’s 3rd Global Conference took place in Kuwait City, Kuwait this past November 2008.  The conference brought together over 220 current and former parliamentarians, technical experts and observes on the role of parliamentarians in the effective implementation and oversight of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).  The conference was organized in partnership with GOPAC’s Arab Regional Chapter – ARPAC and was hosted by the Kuwait National Assembly under the patronage of Amir H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Declaration, Position Statements and Resolutions Added

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