Other Regional and International Anti-Corruption Initiatives
Authors: Nicholls Colin , Bacarese Alan , Maton James , Scott Rachel , Hatchard John 
Published: September 2024

The Chapter discusses and reviews a range of regional anti-corruption initiatives together with the anti-corruption work of the Commonwealth and the G20. The American Initiatives The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption: • The development and structure of the Convention • The Convention Provisions • The implementation review mechanism (MESICIC). The scope of the Lima Commitment on Democratic Governance Against Corruption and the review mechanisms is also noted The Asia-Pacific Initiatives The Asia Development Bank/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific is considered as follows: • The Action Plan and its three Pillars of Action • The implementation of the Action Plan • The review mechanism • Asia-Pacific Law Enforcement Practitioners Network The work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Initiative consists of: • The APEC Principles • APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group The African and Arab Initiatives This section considers: • The scope and content of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption; Southern African Development Community Protocol Against Corruption and the Arab Anti-Corruption Convention • The role and potential effectiveness of the African regional courts in combating corruption ie, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and African Court of Justice and Human Rights • The role of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa and the impact of the African Peer Review Mechanism and the African Parliamentarians Network against Corruption and the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network for Southern Africa (ARINSA) The Commonwealth The discussion on the role of the Commonwealth in supporting just and honest government and combating corruption includes: • The Framework for Commonwealth Principles on Promoting Good Governance and Combating Corruption • The Latimer House Guidelines on Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Independence and the Commonwealth (Latimer House): Principles on the Accountability of and Relationship Between the Three Branches of Government • Commonwealth Freedom of Expression Principles and the Role of the Media in Good Governance • The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks of Good Anti-Corruption Practice for National Governments and Public Sector Bodies G20 and B20/C20 The anti-corruption work of the G20 is examined as follows: • The G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan • The G20 “Call to Action on Corruption and COVID-19” • The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group • The G20, FATF, and Beneficial Ownership transparency • G20/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance • The discussion on the B20 focuses on its support for the work of the G20 by hosting focused policy discussions and developing recommendations geared towards strong, sustainable, and balanced growth in the global economy. Its focal areas include transparency in beneficial ownership; effective compliance and voluntary self-disclosure; and responsible business conduct in infrastructure projects. The Civil 20 (C20) is the Official Engagement Group of the G20.