Navigating between non-conviction based confiscation and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA)

This speech was given at a preparatory meeting for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against Corruption in 2021.

It deals with non-conviction based confiscation as a method to recover assets stolen through corruption, and how challenges in international cooperation in these cases can and should be overcome.

See Spotlight on non-conviction based confiscation at UNGASS preparatory meeting.

Links and other languages

Original speech: Navegando entre el decomiso sin condena y la Asistencia Legal …

English translation: Navigating between non-conviction based confiscation and M…

Date published

2020-11

Publisher

Basel Institute on Governance

Author(s)

Oscar Solorzano

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