A/HRC/25/27
tenders for privatization or third party delivery being given on a non-competitive basis.
There have been several regional and international efforts to combat corruption.35 Measures
can be implemented to prevent corruption, such as rotating staff in highly influential
positions within public service governance, regularly training and assessing staff, and
ensuring free access to information concerning contentious issues such as tendering out of
services and budgetary records.
D.
Conflicts, disasters and countries in transition
53.
Conflict, post-conflict situations and disasters pose particular challenges to the
effective functioning of any public service, which might be in a state of suspension,
fragmented operation, or at worst, complete decimation. Humanitarian agencies can provide
invaluable assistance during periods when there might otherwise be nothing in place. In
addition, when States enter the post-conflict or post-disaster phase, it can take many years
to instil trust in service users when rebuilding administrative functions. Good governance
principles are particularly important in these fragile situations, ensuring that the foundation
of any emerging government administration is one of integrity, transparency and capacity.36
V.
Compilation of good practices based on submissions received
54.
Contributions were received from the following Member States: Argentina,
Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia,
the Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Paraguay, Poland, Qatar,
Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand
and the United Arab Emirates. The following intergovernmental organizations submitted
contributions: the Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Division
for Public Administration and Development Management, the Department of Economic and
Social Affairs and the World Meteorological Organization. Two NHRIs submitted
contributions: Equality and Human Rights Commission (United Kingdom) and the Rwanda
National Commission for Human Rights. The NGO SIA Mali submitted a contribution. The
Holy See submitted contributions as an observer to the United Nations.37
55.
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The following is a summary of the good practices described in these contributions.
See the summary report of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the negative impact of
corruption on the enjoyment of human rights (A/HRC/23/26). See also UNODC’s Action against
Corruption and Economic Crime, available from
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/corruption/index.html?ref=menuside and UNDP anti-corruption work,
available from
www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/democraticgovernance/focus_areas/focus_anticorruption/.
See the draft resolution of the Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of human
rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations (A/HRC/22/L.23). See also the Planning Toolkit,
available from
www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/publications/Planning%20Toolkit_Web%20Version.pdf.
The full text of all contributions can be consulted at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/
GoodGovernance/Pages/Documents.aspx.
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