Following a considerable effort, working alongside Civil Society Organizations and Congress Representative Juanita Goebertus, today we can say: “We made it!” On 17 May, the Law to restore the response time for Rights to Petition was sanctioned which will come into...
Findings on the sentences of parapoliticians by the Supreme Court of Justice, judicial processes and rulings of fiscal responsibility by the Comptroller in Colombia
The current crisis in public confidence towards Colombia’s State institutions requires greater transparency. As a result, the Justice and Impunity Observatory has carrried out a study that seeks to contribute to the wider understanding of political corruption,...
First edition of Public Tales of Anti-Corruption: Letters of Integrity
Public Tales of Anti-Corruption” is an initiative from the Anti-Corruption Institute’s innovation laboratory, ETILAB, which seeks to actively involve members of the public in the fight against corruption through writing. In this first edition, we managed to compile...
BluRadio | Anti-Corruption Institute filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against General Zapateiro for participating in politics
In a document called ´Zapateiro a tus zapatos´ (‘In Zapateiro’s Shoes’), which included screenshots of the exchange of messages on Twitter between the Commander of the Army and one of the Presidential candidates, the Anti-Corruption Institute filed a disciplinary...
30 Nobel Prize winners endorse the International Anti-Corruption Court
The Anti-Corruption Institute is pleased to share news of the creation of a new International Anti-Corruption Court (CIAC) – an advance that they have achieved jointly with Integrity Initiatives International (III) – with members of the public, journalists, observers...
#DuqueRespete: an initiative that calls for Iván Duque to refrain from participating in politics
The Alliance for Electoral Oversight, made up of the Anti-Corruption Institute, Fundación Pares and Extituto, have launched a campaign on social networks that promotes public participation in the popular lawsuit that has been presented to the Administrative Court of...
El País | The Anti-Corruption Institute sues Duque for “violating the ban on political participation”
The Anti-Corruption Institute filed a class action suit before the Cundinamarca Administrative Court against the President of the Republic, Iván Duque Márquez, for alleged participation in politics related to a number of different statements he has given during the...
Organizations from the AGA Committee come together to request the restoration of response times to Rights to Petition
Two years after the start of the pandemic, during which time the response time to Rights to Petition has been extended, the National Government objected to the legislative project that sought to restore the times to those previously established by law. This decision...
IntegriCamp has started! The Anti-Corruption Institute’s course on Integrity and Anti-Corruption
IntegriCamp classes started on 26 March. In the presence of our Director, Camilo Enciso, and anti-corruption expert Michel Levien, participating students received the first four hour training session focused on the history of corruption, current theories on the...
Anti-Corruption Institute at the conclusion of the Acceleration of Results in Open Contracting (ARCA) project
Between 23-25 March, the Anti-Corruption Institute participated in the closing event of the Accelerating Results in Open Contracting (ARCA) project, organized by the Open Contracting Partnership and the British Embassy in Colombia. The event was held in the city of...
Anti-Corruption Public Policy Recommendations
Impunity in the prosecution of crimes associated with public corruption has greatly damaged the credibility of the different institutions that make up the Judiciary. Even worse, impunity is a determining factor in the worsening public perception about levels of...
Alliance for Electoral Oversight 2022: formed by the Anti-Corruption Institute, PARES and Extituto
An alliance of civil society organizations issued a press release to inform the public that they have joined forces to monitor and protect the transparency of the upcoming 2022 presidential elections, in light of the number of complaints about irregularities and fraud...