Strategic Litigation: Safeguarding and Advancing Media Freedom in Nigeria
To regulate the broadcast industry, the Nigerian government enacted the National Broadcasting Commission Act in 1992. The Act established the…
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Fighting Fake News: How mis-and Disinformation legislation is weaponized against journalists
In the aftermath of Russia’s deadly attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, that left nearly 600 civilians dead, journalist Maria Ponomarenko found…
Recapturing the Narrative in Egypt
In a moment of euphoria on March 17, the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate elected independent journalist Khaled El-Balshy chairman of the…
The precarity of Independent Public Interest Media: An Urgent Global Threat
This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression…
International data exchange for asset declarations: guest blog
Asset declaration systems are one of the most powerful tools in combating corruption. The effectiveness of asset declarations all depends…
14th Asia-Pacific regional meeting: tackling environmental crime and corruption through regional attempts
Environmental crime and corruption have become major contemporary anti-corruption issues. Many threats stemming from environmental problems emerge from corruption, causing…
UNCAC COSP10: civil society organizations excluded from un anti-corruption conference due to objections
Transparency International and the UNCAC Coalition strongly condemn the move by Azerbaijan and Turkey to exclude five civil society organizations…
UNCAC at a glance, one year later – updates from tracking UNCAC reviews
This year, we are mapping progress made since launching our world maps exactly one year ago. At a glance, see…
New civil society report on Guinea: poor access to information and weak implementation hinders anti-corruption efforts
A new report by Association Guinéenne pour la Transparence (AGT) finds that whilst Guinea has a substantial anti-corruption legal framework…
12th regional meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean: creating an impact at COSP10
With the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC (CoSP10) less than two months away at the time,…