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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA COMMUNICATES ITS CONSENT TO RECEIVE ON-SITE VISIT OF THE OAS ANTICORRUPTION MECHANISM
Antigua and Barbuda is the second Caribbean country to provide its
consent to receive an on-site visit by the OAS
Anti-Corruption Mechanism (Mechanism for Follow-up on
the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption - MESICIC), as part of that
Mechanism’s review process for its Fifth Round of
Review.
This consent was formally provided by the Permanent Mission of
Antigua and Barbuda to the OAS, in a communication sent
to the Department of Legal Cooperation of the
Secretariat of Legal Affairs of the OAS, in its capacity
as the MESICIC Technical Secretariat, in accordance with
the Methodology
for Conducting On-site Visits.
This will be the second time Antigua and Barbuda receives an
on-site visit from the MESICIC.
The first visit took place successfully from October 7-9, 2014,
during the Fourth Round of Review of this Mechanism. The
results of this first visit forms part of the review
process that is currently being carried out by the
Committee of Experts of the MESICIC, and which will
conclude with the adoption of the first Antigua and
Barbuda report by the Committee at its next plenary
meeting to be held in March 2015, in Washington, DC at
OAS Headquarters.
It should be highlighted that all the Caribbean countries that form
part of the MESICIC granted their respective consent and
received on-site visits as part of its Fourth Round of
Review.
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.
To date, in addition to Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, El Salvador,
Guyana, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panama, Peru,
Uruguay, and the United States have formally expressed
their consent to receive on-site visits for the Fifth
Round. The MESICIC Technical Secretariat 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° 208 - 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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