Corrupting the Environment launch event: insights on corruption, the environment and illicit trade

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This virtual event launched the Corrupting the Environment webinar series, a monthly series of discussions in 2021 on different issues of corruption, the environment and illicit trade. 

National Convention of Judges Specialised in Extinción de Dominio, Peru

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Peru’s first National Convention of Judges Specialised in Extinción de Dominio brought together judicial practitioners from across Peru. They aim was to harmonise the understanding and practical application of Peru's non-conviction based forfeiture law, Extinción de Dominio, across Peru’s decentralised tribunals.

National Convention of Prosecutors Specialised in Extinción de Dominio, Peru

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Peru’s first National Convention of Prosecutors Specialised in Extinción de Dominio brought together 80 prosecutors, lawyers, police officers and other justice practitioners to share experiences on the application of Peru’s Extinción de Dominio law.

Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum – 1st plenary meeting

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

The first plenary meeting of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum will bring together practitioners in environmental conservation and anti-corruption. It is open to all who register their interest in being part of the forum.

Environmental corruption as a roadblock to reaching the SDGs – CoSP side event

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Environmental crime is lucrative, with its profits easily realised via financial crime and corruption.

This side event at the 9th Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) explored the issue with panelists from government and civil society.

They discussed the efforts and remaining gaps in leading national law enforcement and conservation efforts to attack this corruption by tracing both the illicit financial flows which facilitate environmental crime and the illegally obtained profits derived from it.

Recovering stolen assets through non-conviction based forfeiture – an UNGASS side event

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

The UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption (UNGASS) calls for countries to adopt a wide range of measures to recover assets stolen through corruption.

This includes non-conviction based forfeiture (NCBF), which is emerging as a powerful tool to recover illicit assets when a criminal conviction is not possible.

What can we learn from actual cases of NCBF around the world? What should States consider when introducing NCBF legislation? How can it be applied more effectively and what challenges stand in the way?

Anti-corruption prosecutors under attack: a CoSP9 event

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Anti-corruption prosecutors are under attack everywhere. They are threatened, exposed to undue influence or hindered by abusive defence strategies.

At a special event at the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2021, a panel of international experts discussed measures that different stakeholders must take to protect prosecutors, and by extension protect the Convention.

Collective Action: Building efficient public-private partnerships – an UNGASS side event

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This virtual side event at the 2021 Special Session of the General Assembly against Corruption (UNGASS) explored the scope and possibilities of anti-corruption Collective Action, which the UNGASS Political Declaration 2021 recommends and encourages.

What does Collective Action mean for governments, companies and citizens? Does it work in practice? Is it an efficient way for the public and private sectors to partner? What benefits can it bring? 

Social norm and behaviour change approaches to address corruption and tackle illegal wildlife trade

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Can social norm and behaviour change approaches help to reduce corruption related to illegal wildlife trade (IWT)? Very possibly. SNBC initiatives have been shown to help combat diverse corruption problems, although for those related to IWT and other areas of conservation and natural resource management, the evidence for doing so is sparse.

Ukraine Recovery Conference: side event on anti-corruption

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This side event at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022) focused on ways to ensure an inclusive reconstruction process, including civil society's role in the recovery and reconstruction.

It was organised by Transparency International Ukraine and the Basel Institute on Governance, which jointly issued anti-corruption recommendations during the conference.