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Sobre Action 4 Justice Acción 4 Justicia se dedica a mejorar el acceso a la justicia social de las comunidades empobrecidas y marginadas mediante el uso estratégico del litigio de interés público. El grupo se conformó por un consorcio de organizaciones no gubernamentales e individuos que solidarizaban con los objetivos de promover el uso de […]
Content type: Páginas
Described as “the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world”. The Act has a near-universal jurisdiction, allowing for the prosecution of an individual or company with links to the United Kingdom, regardless of where the crime occurred.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Citas Legales, Referencias Legales,
Legal Topic: Corrupción,
(Amended as of 2004) The FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions can apply to conduct both inside and outside the United States. Prosecutions may arise for using the U.S. mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of a corrupt payment to a foreign official.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Citas Legales,
Legal Topic: Corrupción,
Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering activity performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Such activity may include illegal gambling, bribery, kidnapping, murder, money laundering, counterfeiting, embezzlement, drug […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Citas Legales,
Legal Topic: Corrupción,
Securing Forests, Securing rights (2014): Report of the International Workshop on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples, Held in Palangka Raya, Indonesia, March 2014. Report available on website of Forest Peoples Programme.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Referencias Legales,
Legal Topic: Clima y medio ambiente, Derecho a la tierra, Derechos civiles y políticos,
Tirana Declaration (2011): Securing land access for the poor in times of intensified natural resources competition. Declaration made at a conference of the National Federation of Communal Forests and Pastures of Albania (NFCFPA), Tirana, 24-26 May 2011.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Citas Legales,
Legal Topic: Derecho a la tierra,
This is a Kenya-specific toolbox for public interest litigators. It provides detailed conceptual and practical guidance on various options for public interest litigators to use the law and courts to develop on-going and future public and policy discourses in Kenya. This Handbook is unique for its focus on the unfolding governance realities in Kenya. It […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Guías y Manuales Practicos,
Legal Topic: Derecho a la tierra,
Abstract: In August 2011, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that he planned to give away part of Mabira rainforest to a sugar corporation to grow a sugarcane plantation and enhance sugar production in the country… This Note argues that the Ugandans opposed to the give-away of forest land to private companies can bring public interest […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Referencias Legales,
Legal Topic: Clima y medio ambiente,
A useful and practical source of anti-corruption legislation. Provides a quick and practical breakdowns of key anti-corruption legislation and companion compliance guides. Provides introductions to legislation and links to full text for a range of countries, as well as international agreements. “Policies, training, due diligence, communication, and more. Together and automated”. This online commercial source […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Recursos Legales Para Investigaciones,
Legal Topic: Corrupción,
La base de données Genre et le droit à la terre (GLRD) de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a lancé une version améliorée de son site Internet afin d’accroître la sensibilisation sur les questions foncières entre les sexes à l’échelle mondiale. Le site révisé offre des informations de base sur la […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Recursos Legales Para Investigaciones,
Legal Topic: Derecho a la tierra, Derechos de la mujer,