Dell, Gillian2019-09-252019-09-252011-04-042009http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/177440"Civil society participation is essential to ensure the credibility of the review process that is being proposed for the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). With discussions underway by Convention signatories about the structure of the process, it is critical that they support and endorse the role of civil society in reviewing UNCAC implementation. The aim of the review process is to provide a balanced, informed and expert assessment of country progress in implementing UNCAC obligations. In this process, as in national and international efforts to combat corruption, involvement of civil society is crucial for success. The importance of civil society participation is clearly recognised in the UNCAC, including in the preamble and its articles. The question of CSO participation in the review process will be addressed in important negotiations that will take place in Vienna from 25 August to 2 September 2009. Denial of the role of civil society in the review mechanism would constitute a repudiation of the UNCAC and represent a dangerous step backwards from standard practices for reviewing other international conventions and agreements"engWith permission of the license/copyright holdercivil societypartnershipPolitical ethicsCommunity ethicsDevelopment ethicsPreprint