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The International Governance Institute (IGI) Cameroon is conducting a parallel review of the country’s implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). This review focuses on Chapters II (Preventive Measures) and V (Asset Recovery), and aims to assess Cameroon’s progress in combating corruption while promoting transparency and accountability. Through this initiative, IGI Cameroon seeks to enhance the effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts and encourage greater civil society participation in governance.
The UNCAC is the only universal binding anticorruption mechanism and has been ratified by 188 countries and the European Union. Its Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) is a multi-stage peer review process involving the review of each State Party’s implementation of the UNCAC by two peers – one from the same UN region and one from another one. The review process is divided into two five-year cycles, with the first cycle (2010 – 2015) covering Chapters III and IV and the second cycle (2015 – June 2024) covering Chapters II and V. IGI has signed a partnership agreement with UNCAC Vienna (the UN organisation responsible for monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption) to undertake and contribute to the national UNCAC review in Cameroon in its second cycle. The partnership agreement is aimed to contribute to the development of the parallel report on Cameroon’s implementation of UNCAC Chapters II (Preventive Measures) and V (Asset Recovery) 2025.
Why Do a Civil Society Parallel Report?
Civil society parallel reports provide a key independent perspective on national UNCAC implementation. They can complement government reports by providing supplementary information, filling gaps and taking a more critical and comprehensive perspective on UNCAC implementation. At the same time, civil society parallel reports can supplement the recommendations in UNCAC review reports, thus providing additional impetus for reform efforts. These reports make an essential contribution to national and international dialogue and advocacy on UNCAC implementation and anti-corruption efforts more generally.
They can provide input into the UNCAC review process, which checks country-level implementation of the Convention, or they can be prepared independently of the review process. The civil society parallel reports can be used by civil society organisations and other non-state stakeholders in several ways:
- For advocacy work at the national level to push governments to fully implement the UNCAC into domestic law and practice, to highlight shortcomings and provide recommendations for reforms.
- To exert pressure on national governments in the international forum of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties (CoSP), as well as in its subsidiary body, the UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG), which was created by the CoSP to oversee the review process. In this context, it is important to bear in mind the different audiences the reports will need to address.
- To influence the UNCAC peer reviewers and UNODC in areas of key importance that need to be addressed.
- The reports are also a powerful instrument that helps inform activities of donors/organisations/countries providing technical assistance.
