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PANAMA EXPRESSES ITS CONSENT TO RECEIVE ON-SITE VISIT OF THE OAS ANTICORRUPTION MECHANISM
Panama formally expressed its consent to receive an
on-site visit as part of the Fifth Round of Review of
the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the
Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC),
in accordance with the Methodology
for Conducting On-site Visits
of MESICIC.
This will be the second time Panama receives an on-site
visit from the MESICIC. The first visit took place
successfully April 17-19, 2013, during the Fourth Round
of Review of this Mechanism. The results of this visit
formed part of the
Panama country report adopted by the MESICIC
Committee of Experts in September 2013.
With respect to the Fifth Round, the MESICIC will
review, among others, the progress made by the States
Parties to address the recommendations formulated in
their
country reports of the Second Round with respect to
systems of government hiring, procurement of goods and
services, and protecting those who, in good faith,
report acts of corruption. Implementation of other
provisions of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption will also be reviewed.
Panama joins Chile, El Salvador, Guyana, Mexico, Peru
and the United States in having formally expressed their
consent to on-site visits. The Technical Secretariat of
the MESICIC expects to receive similar notifications
from other States, which have reported that they are
taking the necessary steps domestically to formalize
their consent
The MESICIC is a cooperation mechanism between States,
with the participation of civil society organizations,
established within the framework of the OAS, in which
the legal/institutional framework of each country is
reviewed for suitability with the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption as well as the objective
results achieved therein. The incorporation of on-site
visits as a stage and integral part of the MESICIC
review process represents an innovative and pioneering
initiative in the context of the OAS, especially for a
peer review mechanism and the importance of the issues
it addresses.
For more information on the MESICIC, please visit the Anti-Corruption
Portal of the Americas. |
Edition N° 206 - February 2015
The Mechanism For Follow-up on the
Implementation of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to
support the development of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption through
cooperation between States Parties.
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