[okfn-br] Fwd: December 16, 2013 Worth Reading: Combating Corruption

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From: Network of Democracy Research Institutes <ndri em ned.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:35 AM
Subject: December 16, 2013 Worth Reading: Combating Corruption
To: carolina.rossini em gmail.com

 *December 16, 2013*

Dear Colleagues,

This installment of *Worth Reading
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuMEO3PRjP2ZjFUdtjxAqxEv8eYZcSWLa-SXQvd6NMFAeApcTk9Gb6JVD8317LmNo3aEApWsCuq6GJ9zynPFdgk4_NCEF_lQJ4UvTRM53ELspIscVComWCw47S85oVsLmQkYPfbq5MzUcdulQNNREBE9qoPkGV8WGgdrHXXmrP4AkKj6XSy8fz_R>*features
three publications focusing on the challenge of corruption. First
is the release of Transparency International’s annual Corruption
Perceptions Index, a widely-used ranking of perceptions of corruption
around the world; also included are a research paper by ANTICORRP focusing
on comparative anti-corruption efforts in historical perspective; and a
discussion paper released by the Global Organization of Parliamentarians
Against Corruption calling for the international prosecution of “grand
corruption.”

Transparency International<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuO4Ppo3L2RbSIOf46KuE2LZoGcH6BOGbbsgM6w6ehyS_Fa7htxz0U4vbiB2xw5lmJPMP9di4gwPvZ4B_FzoOXh7kXZC0_w961rL-PwpRnG5bg==>recently
released its 2013
Corruption Perceptions
Index<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuNqNaqyg99TXEfP5D_M-gEThk-0mosUyOYpkKNrn-_0Fz8Gv6PqvZyWO-4hzln6Tz0Yco6kH1RGLjeelmo-RMm9Bx9B_GDO4ug90Do-ub9XpRCO8Sym_LTmu5_B7em9a5E=>,
which ranks government corruption in 177 countries and territories. Because
empirical data on corruption is not usually publicly available, the Index
measures perceptions of corruption through surveys of country experts and
members of the business community. Denmark and New Zealand were found to be
the least corrupt, while Somalia, North Korea, and Afghanistan were found
to be most corrupt. The index also includes
“perspective<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuNzRKVEozaQYeCZLX1yD-lGJBeU1IxKVZ_m_9KZs2j8Aj2Ebw8ri0rnv5tVBsYKvKpg5uwtxpWUBFWOmuYgcfcRnbt8KT4tlzBF7le7zMk4PYeFZ7rVBfvOlY1KROR95CBSeojHgsU9ZR4VpVlEuMO6>”
briefs by anti-corruption experts providing detailed analysis of corruption
issues, including the role of civil society, challenges facing
anti-corruption initiatives, and the importance of rule of law.
Infographics demonstrating the Index’s findings are available
here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuNw1836a1e6GS7zjfxV-2GSvwR2pTXmxLU-DgR_-G5FVoY-bXEE5t4896GK5h-K-Y4cETs6nP3weh7Jv1BT5XtWBC-sqcVCz56zLoWeBPyAnujLbicTmfIhjbhfs6mIUx19e8n6S8iXsw==>;
a question-and-answer sheet explaining the Index, its findings, and its
methodology can be found
here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuP8IlO1WTYITDcXwLmMDLwMb6M2FOx7q9SS2Dbor7N5kFpys3w9IYDdD5npm8KCA422yVb109mZHCRDnEosU0uKfF3drht5JJKTDqdXDbdbLB0jykhrvDM2tcbVj2gkZK6mRFGS3_7MaQ==>
.

ANTICORRP<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuOekfhbbvgz3yU6BEvux6ZrgewpW4pR6wdl9n8ONnFu7GqpM5f8FE3RzDH6q7od2NjN7TjzOXKjdBzNfWL_P964-kYkvQ4frC0=>,
an extensive joint research project consisting of twenty-one partner
institutions in sixteen EU countries, recently published “Fighting
Corruption in Modernity: A Literature
Review<http://anticorrp.eu/publications/fighting-corruption-in-modernity-a-literature-review-1>”
as part of a larger project on the same topic. Written by Mette Frisk
Jensen and James Kennedy, this paper provides a literature review of
anticorruption efforts from the late seventeenth century onward through
five case studies. The first three case studies—Sweden, Denmark, and the
Netherlands—show “a parallel course in the development of ‘universal’
ethics in respect to good government.” The final two cases—the Dutch East
Indies and the late Ottoman Empire—took different routes leading to mixed
results. The final project will draw on analysis from historians and
political scientists to create a series of case studies which “[challenge]
each other’s claims and assumptions,” providing a historical perspective to
modern anti-corruption efforts. This and other ANTICORRP publications can
be found here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuMbwwQjtg-LXjrAYEnHOjydAiV3PKCsxQ-8je1VFh-6YEDatRpG_P1citXJEg3_NfkkB_9nvyrPlXByrNoj7tdwiNwlryiQMuF2kXtWqWen2sU5PWourHni>
.

In November of 2013, the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against
Corruption<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuOzvVo_Q9hGxpmxNWPqgDpQwqnIn6J1v_r6CmTNdFU59hXYVNgylUgaHHcSOY3f4HnC77Kyvm0RWzkSv9RWTRmAyL85P_IzySTDDdPL2HxdKg==>(GOPAC)
released a discussion paper entitled “Prosecuting
Grand Corruption as an International
Crime<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuPIitSzGegWtp1LILtY6pfI_zpsGwUi-U61McrCkPiZjR4Ju4Htn2J6wYIlNC8FpAZlRq0tGO9IH5Z1qd7fRNqSHliD-2k9-sQBVoU--NSQgHMa6YkIt8hFN5zVLElugk77sYdsqODEiYj3ED8bdaVR0ZgKzowR-5LXon3YoOhhWWxo7FQOhIe3>.”
Noting that “the worst perpetrators of corruption can be the least likely
to face national justice,” GOPAC calls for the adoption of international
mechanisms to prosecute and sentence perpetrators of grand corruption.
GOPAC defines grand corruption as an act that is not merely illegal, but
one that “distorts and undermines” the rule of law. The paper then outlines
four options through which the international community could pursue grand
corruption: universal jurisdiction for national courts, the creation of
regional anti-corruption courts, prosecution of corruption through the
International Criminal Court, and the creation of other new international
mechanisms for combating corruption. These new mechanisms might include
additional efforts through the UN Convention against Corruption, incentives
for better private enforcement of anti-money laundering laws, and better
use of information communication technologies to capture evidence of grand
corruption.

*Worth Reading* is a list of featured readings on democracy disseminated
semi-monthly by the International Forum for Democratic
Studies<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuN2OKA0OLGXzh-OhM-x2Gf2gF53SvSX11CzjNGYVmtaOkmCUlyI3rr2jDCyUCOtMugGfafFwd-WLPtyNSgk6B6rfMblNwcfNrro7FaP0J8SQmftVjmICzCx>at
the National
Endowment for Democracy<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001VC1Xh1VbDuM0eNHTIa1XfDJqZPIB44BSDYvPY9Fz1W2wTETKHR42ebsRhLSNd6-Aq2vQTPbjTAm4x46W0uh845X0Upx5ooCLIF5UUE1G6f8=>.
*Worth Reading* is grateful to Transparency International, ANTICORRP, and
GOPAC for their continuing efforts to highlight the challenge of
corruption. If you have materials you would like featured in *Worth Reading*,
please send us an email at ndri em ned.org.

With best wishes,

Melissa

Melissa Aten-Becnel
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
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