Co-authored by Hugo Hoyland, Kroll and Marc Limon,
Universal Rights Group
Corruption, especially grand corruption, has enormous
implications, both direct and indirect, for the enjoyment of human
rights. Corruption undermines - perhaps even violates - a wide
array of economic, social and cultural rights, including the right
to development. Where governments fail to respect and protect civil
and political rights, it in turn creates governance conditions in
which corruption can thrive. What is more, all this has negative
consequences for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Yet despite the seriousness of the crime of corruption, and
despite the gravity of its consequences for universal human rights,
and while States (including in the Human Rights Council) are quick
to condemn it; there is a significant disconnect between the
narrative and action taken.
