(RNS) The new decree would make it more difficult for Vatican personnel to engage in transactions such as the $200 million London real estate deal that caused the downfall of a prominent cardinal.
Pope Francis Issues Law to Combat Corruption in the Vatican
Cardinals and other church officials will be required to make detailed financial disclosures and decline most gifts.
Cardinals greeting Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2019.Credit.Pool photo by Andrew Medichini
April 29, 2021Updated 2:51 p.m. ET
ROME In an effort to fight corruption in the highest ranks of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis issued a sweeping new decree on Thursday compelling top managers at the Vatican including cardinals to provide full financial disclosures and to refuse any gifts worth more than roughly $50.
In taking aim at matters both large and small from real estate holdings and investments to work-related gifts given to any Vatican employee Pope Francis said his goal was to bring the church into accord with best financial practices to ensure transparency and fight corruption.
2021-04-28 14:56:05
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Mongolia’s ratification and accession to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on October 7th, 2005, and its commitment to the international community is a major representation of Mongolia’s commitment to the fight against corruption.
Under the auspices of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the Parliament of Mongolia re-enacted the Anti-Corruption law in 2006, thus established The Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC).
IAAC is a special, independent government body charged with functions to raise anti-corruption public awareness and education, and corruption prevention activities, and to carry out undercover operations, inquiries, and investigations in detecting corruption crimes, and to review and inspect the assets and income declarations of public officials.
Apr 23, 2021
Magali Marin-Young
The joint unions have been calling for the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. As Attorney General Magali Marin Young explained today, UNCAC is not a piece of legislation to be imported into this jurisdiction. Belize has already signed on to the convention, but those good governance measures are slow in coming. According to the Attorney General, the unions are being unreasonable if they expect the Briceño administration to enact all the legislation overnight.
Magali Marin-Young, Attorney General
“The UNCAC is a convention. It is not a piece of legislation that we simply import into Belize. It is a convention just like the convention for the elimination of discrimination against women. A country then has a duty to take legislative measures to implement the legislative measures under the convention. And that is what we are doing. That is what good governance, we are looking at the whistle
April, 2021
Day two of the national budget continued today inside the National Assembly. But it was outside where all the action happened. The joint unions, galvanized by a common stance against [.]