Corruption

We recommend that ASEAN member states:

1. Ensuring ASEAN-PAC engagement with CSOs and other stakeholders to strengthened UNCAC commitments regionally

2. The creation of a Transnational Organized Crime working committee that includes civil society and other stakeholders.

3. Enact robust public procurement laws, standardising asset declaration for officials, and ensuring strong whistleblower protection. Advocates seek conflict-of-interest regulations and independent regulatory bodies free from interference.

4. Promoting regional open data initiatives and ethical business practices that aims to enhance accountability.

5. Align anti-corruption strategies and establish a regional arbitration and dispute resolution centre. These initiatives strengthen integrity, fairness, and trust across ASEAN Member States.

Thematic Group Organisations

1. Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4)

2. Rasuah Busters

3. TI Malaysia

4. IDEAS

5. UNDI 18

6. ASEAN Anti Corruption Network (SEA-ACN)

For further details regarding this thematic cluster, kindly direct your inquiries to:

Name: Pushpan Murugiah (Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism)

Email: pushpan@c4center.org