In 1996, the OAS Member States
adopted the first international anticorruption legal instrument, and in 2002,
they instituted the mechanism which evaluates its fulfillment. Since that time,
the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the Follow-Up Mechanism for
its Implementation (MESICIC), have represented the principal cooperation
instruments for preventing, detecting, punishing and eradicating corruption in
the Americas.
The Anti-Corruption Portal of the
Americas, developed by the Department of Legal Cooperation of the Secretariat
for Legal Affairs, provides information regarding transparency in public
administration and anticorruption cooperation, including developments within the
MESICIC framework and technical cooperation efforts (left-hand menu), as well as
links to the web pages of the member states’ agencies with responsibilities in
this area (right-hand menu).
