Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- The Right to Democracy
- The Right to Good Administration
- The Right to Freedom from Corruption
- 40 Anti-Corruption
- 41 Towards a Human Rights Approach to Corruption
- The Right of Access to Law
- Index
41 - Towards a Human Rights Approach to Corruption
from The Right to Freedom from Corruption
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- The Right to Democracy
- The Right to Good Administration
- The Right to Freedom from Corruption
- 40 Anti-Corruption
- 41 Towards a Human Rights Approach to Corruption
- The Right of Access to Law
- Index
Summary
Corruption is as old as humanity, but international recognition of its corrosive nature is relatively recent. The fight against corruption is now an important aspect of contemporary international law. The last three decades have witnessed steady and even remarkable advances in recognising corruption as an international problem that precipitates poverty and threatens both the rule of law and the foundation of a law-based state. An impressive array of international conventions, declarations, guidelines, national laws and institutions exist to combat corruption and to establish a framework for international cooperation and assistance. Intergovernmental organisations are constantly engaging in the fight against corruption and are issuing recommendations, directives and codes of conduct, or more significantly, drafting legally binding international conventions.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human RightsRecognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, pp. 531 - 538Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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