CIVICUS discusses a recent United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council resolution on corruption and human rights with Betina Pasteknik, the UNCAC Coalition’s Head of Operations and Working Groups and co-chair of its Working Group on Human Rights and Corruption. The UNCAC Coalition, which promotes implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), is a global network of over 400 civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts in more than 120 countries.
The resolution explicitly links anticorruption efforts with human rights protection and provides states with practical guidelines, potentially transforming how international bodies address the connected challenges of corruption and human rights violations. Ahead of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties in December, civil society continues to urge reforms to strengthen transparency participation and follow-up mechanisms in anticorruption efforts.
