On 31 August 2026, the resumed seventeenth session of the Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption began at the Vienna International Centre. The session was scheduled to continue until 4 September.
Yuri Zhdanov, Executive Secretary of the Coordination Council of Prosecutors General of the Commonwealth of Independent States, is taking part in the events on behalf of the CIS Executive Committee. Former head of the IPA Russian Section and lieutenant general, Yuri Zhdanov will present information on cooperation among the Commonwealth of Independent States in combating corruption.
The Implementation Review Group considers how States implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The review is conducted by States in relation to one another. A draw determines the State to be reviewed in a given year, as well as the two States conducting the review. One reviewing State must belong to the same regional group as the State under review, while the other must belong to a different regional group.
Each State designates up to 15 government experts and a contact point in advance. Their names are published on the website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Experts are designated separately for each review cycle.
The first stage of the review mechanism, which ran from 2010 and concluded in the summer of 2026, included two cycles. The first focused on criminalisation, law enforcement and international cooperation. The second focused on preventing corruption offences and recovering assets.
The review mechanism operates in accordance with its Terms of Reference and other guiding documents adopted in 2010 at the third Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The Conference is the principal policy-making body of the States Parties to the Convention and convenes once every two years.
The review is based on the principles of non-interference, impartiality, respect for the sovereign equality of States, and the exclusion of political or selective approaches. Its purpose is to help countries identify effective ways of implementing the Convention. The review materials take account of implementation challenges, successful practices and States' technical-assistance needs.
At the session held from 31 August to 4 September 2026, the participants continued discussing the documents needed for the next stage of the review mechanism. Their adoption or approval was scheduled for a special session of the Conference in November 2026.
Based on materials from the CIS Executive Committee
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