What is it about?
The UN has done a significant amount of work to fight corruption, especially in the last 25 years. This article looks at these efforts, particularly at the most recent ones, and what it can do to fight corruption better in the next 25 years.
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Why is it important?
Understanding what the UN does in its anticorruption efforts and why it does it is the only way to adequately evaluate its results. This is the first article that provides an overview of all of its anticorruption efforts, provides the reader with the author's views on these efforts and delineates a pathway for the future. Policy makers and civil society can use this information to advocate for new and more efficient initiatives.
Perspectives
This is a very accessible article for all people interested in the topic. Academics will find it a solid account of the state of affairs which, being open access, can be used for lectures or background reading for students. Journalists working on corruption-related matters can use it for background information. For civil society, the article can help them better target their efforts. And, for international actors, it is a necessary read to contextualise their anticorruption work.
José-Miguel Bello y Villarino
University of Sydney
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This page is a summary of: Middle Point, End of the Road or Just the Beginning? Anticorruption Efforts, Failures and Promises at the United Nations, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, September 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18757413_02501004.
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