(March 16, 2004) “The majority of the debts that Iraq has inherited from the regime of Saddam Hussein, I believe, are odious in law, and thus not legally enforceable.”
Interview: Iraq hopes to reach debt reduction deal this year
(March 16, 2004) Iraq’s finance minister said on Tuesday Baghdad hoped to finalise a deal to ease its massive debts this year, despite splits among creditors over how much debt relief to grant a country so rich in oil.
Three strikes against graft: assessing the impact of high-profile corruption
(March 15, 2004) Discussion paper on the Lesotho highlands bribery prosecutions.
At Goliath’s feet: the Lesotho corruption and bribery trials
(March 15, 2004) Barrister Fiona Darroch provides an overview of the landmark Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trials and addresses some of the wider implications for the international community.
Three strikes against graft
(March 15, 2004) A paper delivered to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) seminar on the impact of
high-profile corruption cases in Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa, held in Gauteng, South Africa, March 15-17, 2004.
Human rights abuses and the Three Gorges dam
(March 19, 2004) Dai Qing, eminent Beijing-based journalist and veteran campaigner against the Three Gorges dam, discusses the suppression of opposition to the project in a recent talk at the University of Toronto in Canada.
U.N. report suggests Canada pay reparations
(March 12, 2004) A draft United Nations report says Canada should consider paying reparations for the immigrant tax once levied on Chinese and to blacks ousted from a town in 1970.
Battling ‘an overindulgence in bribery’
(March 12, 2004) A report by Interfax claims 56 percent of Russians think that bribery and corruption are among the biggest problems in the country. A large majority, 82 percent, think that Russia will not be able to eradicate corruption in the foreseeable future.
New anticorruption campaign launched: Ukraine
(March 12, 2004) Speaking at a national anticorruption conference, President Leonid Kuchma called for an effective policy to end “the virus of corruption” and pledged to implement a “tough and truly effective policy against corruption.”
The World Bank and Electricity of Vietnam Corporation’s Se San hydro development (PDF file)
(March 12, 2004) The Electricity of Vietnam Corporation (EVN) has failed to alleviate damages caused by Yali Falls dam. If anything, the situation has gone from bad to worse
Grim times ahead for Mekong: report
(March 11, 2004) Millions of residents in the Lower Mekong riparian countries will face serious food security and water conflicts soon due to environmental degradation as well as increasing population pressures in the region, scientists warn.
African legislators wage war against corruption
(March 11, 2004) This week, parliamentarians across Africa gathered in Abuja, Nigeria for a two-day conference on corruption. Under the auspices of African Parliamentarians Against Corruption (APNAC), participants were expected to debate questions such as the role of parliaments in preventing crimes of laundering and the trafficking of minerals, money and humans, and the establishment of preventive mechanisms and the role of national parliaments in helping to recover looted wealth stashed in other countries, particularly in the West.
‘Anti-corruption’ conviction reveals Communist Party power struggles
(March 11, 2004) An important corruption case has been brewing in China since 1995 and is now finally coming to light.
The dam, the petition, the lawyer and his diary
(March 11, 2004) People displaced by a dam in Hebei province sought the help of a Beijing lawyer to present a petition to the National People’s Congress. The lawyer, who has been forced into hiding, has written a dramatic on-line account of what happened next.
Land Dept revokes deeds of project plots
(March 10, 2004) The Land Department has revoked title deeds for more than 1,300 rai of land designated for the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project, Praphat Panyachartrak the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment said yesterday.
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