NGO BRIEFING DAYUN Convention Against Corruption

Asset RecoveryMoney Laundering Monitoring UNCAC

Including speakers from:UNCAC Civil Society Coalition

OECD Working Group on BriberyOpen Government Partnership

Transparency InternationalUN Office on Drugs & Crime

Governments of Nigeria, Switzerland, Peru, United Kingdom

Thursday 22 June, 10.00 - 18.00 UN Vienna Convention Centre Building C, Conference Room 3C

The UNCAC Coalition is the sole global movement uniting civil society actors from all backgrounds for action against corruption at international, regional and national levels.

It involves 350 civil society organisations and individuals in 111 countries on all continents and is committed to promoting the ratification, implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

For more, see www.uncaccoalition.org

AGENDA 10.00-11.00

OpeningUNODCpresentationandNGOquestionsChair:AndresLamoliatte,VicePresident,COSP

11.00-11.3011:30-13.00

NGOstatementsandplenaryquestionsChair:AndresLamoliatte,VicePresident,COSPPanel1-Realisingpotential:TakingtheReviewMechanismtothenextlevelTransparency,inclusivityandeffectivefollowuponrecommendationsareamongthekeyhallmarksofasuccessfulreviewmechanism.Thissessionwilldrawoncountry-levelexperiences,astudyoninternationalstandards,aswellaslessonslearntfromotherinternationalreviewmechanisms,toexplorehowtheUNCACIRMcanrealiseitsfull potential, particularly through openness and civil society participation. Thisdiscussionisofparticularimportgiventhecurrent2ndreviewcycleanditsfocusontheaccesstoinformationandparticipationofsocietycommitments.Moderator:JuanitaOlaya,UNCACCoalition

• GillianDell,TransparencyInternational• DragoKos,OECDWorkingGrouponBribery• VeronicaCretu,OpenGovernmentPartnership• FranciscoTávara,SupremeCourtofJusticeofPeru• DavidBanisar,Article19

13.00-15.00 Lunch15.00-16.30

Panel2– Effective,accountableandtransparentassetreturn:TheneedforguidingprinciplesResolution 6/3 of the last COSP and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda call for thedevelopmentofgoodpractice in returningassets.An important step towards thatgoal was the recent Addis Ababa Meeting of Experts. To support the Meetingdiscussions,theUNCACCoalitionidentifiedclearprinciplesforgoodpracticetoensureaccountableassetreturn.Thissessionwillprovideaforumforbothcivilsocietyandgovernmentrepresentativestoengageonwhatgoodpracticeinthecontextofassetreturn consists of, and what further steps should be taken by the internationalcommunitytoensurefairandeffectiveoutcomes.Moderator:SusanHawley,CorruptionWatch

• CynthiaGabriel,C4Malaysia• PhilMason,UKDepartmentforInternationalDevelopment• SalomeSteib,SwissAgencyforDevelopmentandCooperation• LadidiBara’atuMohammed,NigerianMinistryofJustice• LiliaCarasciuc,TransparencyInternationalMoldova

16.30–17.45

Panel3- Areglobalstandardseffectiveinfightingmoneylaundering?Ongoingcasesandstaggeringamountsoffundsestimatedtobelaunderedworldwidecall into question the effectiveness of the international anti-money launderingframework and related monitoring processes. This session will explore the keydynamicsandweaknessesofthecurrentsystem,andfocusonhowCSOscanworkwith their governments to strengthen mechanisms, both through the currentinstrumentsandnewinitiatives. Moderator:BettinaHörtner,TransparencyInternationalAustria

• LaureBrillaud,TransparencyInternationalEU• PierreKanaan,CentralBankofLebanon(invited)• ChristineClough,GlobalFinancialIntegrity• TanjaSantucci,UNOfficeonDrugs&Crime

17.45–18.00 NGOstatements(closing)

Chair:AndresLamoliatte,VicePresident,COSP

SPEAKERS Panel1:UNCACImplementationReview

JUANITA OLAYA (moderator) - Juanita is a Colombian lawyer andcurrentVice-ChairoftheUNCACCoalition-aglobalnetworkofmorethan 350 civil society organisations and individuals committed topromotingtheratification,implementationandmonitoringofUNCAC.Shehascloseto20yearsofpublicsectorandNGOexperiencebothatthe national and international levels combined with academic andconsulting work. She has worked in the areas of development,

governance, anti-corruption, public and international finance, procurement, civil societyparticipation and capacity building. Her experience spans through sectors such asinfrastructure, trade and investment, extractive industries, and capitalmarkets; includingworkwithmultiplestakeholdersfromtheprivatesector,governmentandcivilsociety.

GILLIAN DELL - Gillian is Head of the Conventions Unit at theTransparencyInternationalSecretariatinBerlinandhasbeenactiveinpromoting international anti-corruption conventions since the early2000's. In 2006, she co-initiated the first meetings of the UNCACCoalitionnetwork,thenassumedtheroleofco-convenorandsincethenherunithasprovidedsecretariatservicestothenetwork.PriortojoiningTI,GillianworkedasalawyerinaNewYorkCitylawfirm,asaresearch

fellowoninternationaltradelawissuesattheFreieUniversitätBerlin,asaconsultantattheUnitedNationsandasalawlecturerattwouniversitiesinBerlin.Shehasalsoworkedwithseveralhuman rightsorganisations.Gillian is theauthorofnumerousarticlesandopinionpiecesoninternationaltrade,UNCACandforeignbriberyandfornineyearssheco-authoredthe TI Progress Report on OECD Convention Enforcement (now known as The ExportingCorruptionreport.)

DRAGOKOS-DragoisthecurrentChairoftheOECDWorkingGrouponBribery - thebody responsible formonitoring the implementationandenforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and itsrelated instruments.Hehadalsoservedformorethan10yearsastheChair of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption(GRECO)monitoringStates’compliancewiththebody’santi-corruptionstandards.DragoisamemberoftheAdvisoryBoardoftheRegionalHubof Civil Service, Astana, Kazakhstan, and a frequent lecturer at the

International Anti-Corruption Academy. He was an international commissioner in theMonitoringandEvaluationCommitteeinAfghanistan,thefirstChairmanoftheCommissionfor the Prevention of Corruption in Slovenia, and Co-President of EPAC/EACN and ViceChairmanoftheEuropeanHealthcareFraudandCorruptionNetwork.DragowasformerlyasoccerplayerandUEFA/FIFArefereeandisnowaUEFA/FIFArefereeobserver.

VERONICACRETU–Veronica isthePresidentoftheOpenGovernmentInstitute,Moldovaandaformerlong-standingmemberoftheCivilSocietySteering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)initiative. She is an active promoter of open government, open data,gender equality, open education, ICT4D, transparency and citizen-engagement in decision making, both nationally and internationally.Amongother,shehasprevisulyworkedwithUNWomenMoldova,GIZ,

OSF,CouncilofEurope,andinanumberofcountriesincludingLiberia,Turkey,Nepal,Ukraine,Armenia and Azerbaijan. Since early 2000, Veronica has also been actively engaged inaddressingissuesrelatedtoInternetGovernance:during2011-2014sheactedasamemberoftheMulti-stakeholderAdvisoryGroup(MAG)setuptoadvisetheUNSecretaryGeneralontheInternetGovernanceForum(IGF).

FRANCISCOTÁVARA–Dr.FranciscoArtemioTávaraCórdovaisJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofJusticeoftheRepublicofPeru. Inhiscapacity,asSupreme Judge, he has served as President of the PermanentConstitutionalandSocialLawChamberandasPresidentofthePermanentCivilChamberoftheSupremeCourtofJusticeoftheRepublic.HehasbeenPresidentoftheJudicialBranchandoftheSupremeCourtofJusticeoftheRepublic(2007-2008);thePresidentoftheAcademyofMagistracy(2011-

2012), and the Head of the Office of Judicial Control (2002-2006). Among multipleinternationalengagments,hehasalsoservedasamemberoftheCommitteeresponsibleforpreparingtheDraftIbero-AmericanModelCodeofJudicialEthics.

DAVID BANISAR – David is the Senior Legal Counsel at Article 19, aninternationalNGOcomittedtopromotingtherighttofreedomofopinionandexpression.Davidhasworked in the fieldof informationpolicy fornearly 20 years and was previously Director of the Freedom ofInformation Project at Privacy International. He has authored books,studiesandarticleson freedomof information, freedomofexpression,

mediapolicy,whistleblowing,communicationssecurityandprivacy.Hehasalsoservedasanadvisor and consultant to numerous organisations, including the Council of Europe, theOrganisationforSecurityandCo-operationinEurope,theUNDevelopmentProgrammeandtheOpenSocietyInstitute.DavidwasaresearchfellowattheKennedySchoolofGovernmentat Harvard University and Policy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center inWashington,DC.PANEL2:AssetRecovery&Return

SUSAN HAWLEY (moderator) – Susan is the co-founder and PolicyDirector of Corruption Watch UK, an organisation investigating andfightingcasesofgrandcorruption.PriortostartingCWUKSusanworkedforsixyearsattheCornerHouseoncorruption-relatedissues,andbeforethat,atthepolicyteamatChristianAid,alsooncorruptionandethics.ShewasbehindthesuccessfuljudicialreviewbytheCornerHouseoftheUKExport Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) for weakening new anti-

briberyrulesfollowingsecretlobbyingbydefenseandaerospacecompanies.Susanwasalsoinvolved in the judicial review of the Serious Fraud Office for dropping allegations of

corruption involving BAE Systems in Saudi Arabia. Her investigative work resulted in theconviction of the first British company for overseas corruption in September 2009. HerdetailedpolicyworkhasresultedinthecreationandfundingofanoverseascorruptionpoliceunitandtheinclusionofanewcorporateoffencewithregardtooverseasbriberyintherecentAnti-briberyActintheUK.

CYNTHIAGABRIEL-CynthiaisDirectoroftheCentretoCombatCorruptionandCronyism(C4)inMalaysia.Shehasspentmostofherprofessionallifeinthefieldofadvancingandpromotinghumanrights,goodgovernanceand democratic freedoms. Cynthia has also worked on UN contractualresearch work in the area of migrant and refugee research and theirvulnerabilitiestowardsHIV/AIDS.Muchofhertimehasbeendevotedtobuildingandshapingtheworkofleadinghumanrightsadvancementsin

Malaysia and across the globe. Shewas previously Vice President of the global advocacygroup,theParisbasedInternationalFederationforHumanRights(2004-2009)andinJune2017was awarded the US based National Endowment for Democracy’s 2017 DemocracyAward.

SALOMESTEIB-SalomeisaSeniorPolicyAdvisorattheSwissAgencyforDevelopment and Cooperation (SDC) in Switzerland, responsible for itsglobal program for anti-corruption and asset recovery. She is directlyinvolvedinissuesofassetrecovery,specificallyonSwitzerland'scasesofassetreturns.PriortojoiningSDC,sheworkedattheSwissStateSecretaryforEconomicAffairs (SECO)onmacroeconomic issuesacrossAfricaand

EasternEurope,asanegotiatorforSwitzerlandattheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO),andattheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment(EBRD)inLondon.

LADIDIBARA’ATUMOHAMMED-LadidiwascalledtotheNigerianBarasSolicitorandAdvocateoftheSupremeCourtofNigeriain1999.Shejoinedthe Federal Civil Service as a State Counsel in 2000, and is currentlyAssistant Director in the Ministry of Justice of Nigeria. She previouslyserved in various government departments, including the AviationMinistryandNigerianCustoms,asaSolicitorandProsecutor.ShehasbeenintheInternationalandComparativeLawDepartmentoftheMinistryof

Justice since2012,where shedealswithpolicy. Ladidi serves as the focusperson for theMinistryonUNCACImplementationandtheGlobalForumonAssetRecovery(GFAR).SheisalsoaMemberoftheCharteredInstituteofArbitrators(UK).

PHILMASON - Phil has beenwith theUKDepartment for InternationalDevelopment for over 25 years (since 1988). He started DFID’s anti-corruption work in 2000 and developed the Department’s first anti-corruption efforts focusing as much on the ‘supply side’ – theresponsibilities of developed countries – as onwithwork in developingcountries.Hehasworkedalongside theUKHomeOfficeonanti-bribery

legislation,theTradeministryonpracticesofBritishcompaniesabroad,andtheTreasuryonanti-moneylaunderingandassetrecovery.HehelpednegotiatetheUNConventionAgainstCorruptionwhichwasagreedin2003.

LILIA CARASCIUC - Lilia has been Executive Director of TransparencyInternationalMoldovasince2000.Sheisaneconomistbytraining,whohaswrittenwidelyonmodellingeconomicprocesses,anti-corruptionpoliciesandprivatesectordevelopment.ShepreviouslyworkedattheCentreforStrategic Studies and Reforms, in Moldova and in several academicpositions.

PANEL3:MoneyLaundering

BETTINA HÖRTNER (moderator) – Bettina is an independent attorneyspecializinginnationalandinternationalfinancialmarketsupervisionandcompliance.Priortostartingherownpracticein2012,shehasworkedforanumberof years as senior in-house counsel in thebanking sector, asattorney-at-law for a multinational law firm, led inspections for thenationalfinancialmarketsupervisorybody,consultedaninternational‘bigfour’auditingcompany,andrepresentedAustriaintheworkinggroupsof

the European Securities and Markets Authority (formerly CESR). Bettina has severalpublications in theareaof financialmarketcompliance, she isa rankedChambersEuropeLawyer2015-2017,andacurrentmemberofTransparencyInternationalAustria.

LAUREBRILLAUD-LaurejoinedTransparencyInternationalEUin2016andleadstheworkonAnti-MoneyLaundering.Priortothat,sheworkedattheOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Inparticular,sheconductedpolicyanalysisandoutreachoncorruptionintheextractive sector as well as coordinated the production of OECDPerspectives on Global Development, OECD flagship on key globaldevelopment challenges. Laureholds aMasters’ degree in Engineering

fromMines ParisTech as well as dualMasters’ degree in International Affairs and PublicAdministrationfromSciencePoParisandColumbiaUniversity.

PIERREKANAAN(invited)-PierreisanExecutiveDirectorandtheHeadoftheLegalAffairsDepartmentattheCentralBankofLebanonsince1985.HeistheLegalAdvisortotheBankingControlCommission(BCC)andtheSpecialInvestigationCommission(SIC)andisanalternatememberoftheSIC’sdecision-makingBoard.PierreisalsoanIMFexpertonMonetaryandFinancialissues.HewasamemberofboththeLebanesedelegationintheAdHocCommitteeforthenegotiationoftheUnitedNationsConvention

againstCorruption(UNCAC)andthecommitteeforthenegotiationwiththeFATFtosetthegeneralguidelinesforFightingMoneyLaunderinginLebanon,whichledtotheissuanceoftheLebaneseAnti-MoneyLaunderingLawandtherelatedcircularsfromtheCentralBankofLebanon.HehaslecturedinmultipleforumsandseminarsandwasalsoalecturerinBankingandFinancialLegislationandRegulationattheBusinessSchoolinSaintJosephUniversityinBeirutfrom1979to2003.

CHRISTINECLOUGH-ChristineisaProgramManageratGlobalFinancialIntegrity(GFI).HerworkatGFIfocusesonresearchprojects,events,andthe PolicyAdvisory Program; at present she also serves asGFI’s ActingCommunicationsDirector.Christinehas representedGFIon theUNCACCivilSocietyCoalitionCoordinatingCommitteesince2013.PriortojoiningGFI, Christine was employed most recently at the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration’s Office of Advocacy, working with Congress, Federal

agencies,andtheWhiteHousetoadvocatefortheneedsandcriticalroleofsmallbusinessintheU.S.economy.Christinealsohasexperienceworkingonterrorismandhomelandsecurityatthink-tanksinWashington,DC.

TANJASANTUCCI–TanjaisaCrimePreventionandCriminalJusticeOfficerintheCorruptionandEconomicCrimeBranchofUNODC.Hercurrentworkisfocusedonprovidingsubstantiveandlegalexpertisetogovernmentstofurther the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption.Geographically,sheworkscloselywithcountriesintheAsia-Pacificregion,Middle East and Southern Africa. She also coordinates the UNODCresearch, publications and knowledge products on anti-corruption and

assetrecovery.Tanjahasovertenyearsofexperienceasanattorneyadvisingonnationalandinternationalanti-corruptionandlegalissues.ShepreviouslyworkedasanAssociateGeneralCounselandInspectorGeneralattheanti-corruptioncommissioninNewYorkCity,andasacorporateattorneyinNewYorkandLondon.