International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities

The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) is a non-governmental organization established as a result of a special meeting held at the UN Office in Vienna on 19–20 April 2006.[1] Its headquarters is in Beijing, China. The main objective of the organization is to promote the effective implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 30 December 2003, and to assist anti-corruption authorities in the world in fighting against corruption.

In May 2016, Qatar's Attorney General Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, who has been the subject of various accusations of corruption and ill-gotten gains,[2][3][4][5] became President of the IAACA.[6][7][8]

Organization and history

The start up of the IAACA was done in Beijing on November 2005. Mr. Ye Feng was the head of the meetings in which Mr David Morrison (from the UK); Mr. Shao Ting (from China) and Mr. Sebastian Sal (from Argentina) drafted the IAACA´s bylaws.

The first General Meeting took place in Beijing in October 2006. More than 100 countries were represented at that time.

The second General Meeting took place in Bali, Indonesia (2007), the third (2008) in Kiev, Ukraine, the fourth in Macao, China (2010), the fifth in Marrakesh, Morocco (2011); the sixth in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012); the seventh in Panama City, Panama (2013) and the eighth in St, Petersburg, Russia (2015).

Governance

The Executive Committee members until the last General Meeting were:

President: Professor Cao Jianming;

Vice Presidents: Dr. Eduardo Vetere, Mr. Fikrat Mammadov, Hon. Tan Sri Hj. Abu Kassim bin Mohamed and Dr. Edward G Hoseah.

Secretary General: Dr. Ye Feng

General Counsel Mr. Bulelani Ngcuka.

Other EC members were Mr. Abdesselam Aboudrar; Mr. Peter J. Ainsworth; Mr. Carlos Higino Ribeiro de Alencar; Dr. Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri; Mr. Francois Badie.

The Coordinators were Ali Nassir AL-Bualy, Dayanath Jaysuriya, Tony Kwok Man-wai, SBS, David Morrison,FAC MBA OA(Oxon), Richard M.Rogers, Sebastian Sal, Betty Tiyani and Daniel Prefontaine [9]

In May 2016, Qatar's Attorney General Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, became President of the IAACA.[8][6]

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is one of IAACA's many partners.

Controversies

The current Qatari President of the IAACA, Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, has been the subject of various criticisms in the media, including for ill-gotten gains in Paris and Geneva and personal accounts at the National Bank of Kuwait.[2][5][3][4]

Ali bin Fetais Al Marri also founded the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center with members of his family. French media revealed that ROLACC's Geneva offices were owned by the Swiss company GSG Immobilier SA, whose beneficial owners are Ali Bin Fetais Al Marri himself and his relative Maha Ali M. A. Fetais, a breach of good practices.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "About IAACA". Retrieved October 24, 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 Hamel, Ian (2018-02-26). "Le Monsieur Anticorruption du Qatar et son hôtel particulier". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. 1 2 News, Gulf (2018-03-01). "The mysterious fortune of Qatar's anti-corruption chief". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  4. 1 2 Qatar, Observateur indépendant du. "Corruption: les biens mal acquis du procureur général qatari Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  5. 1 2 "Le Point raises doubts over Qatari attorney-general's wealth". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  6. 1 2 "SSIG".
  7. ↑ "Qatar elected president of anti-corruption association". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  8. 1 2 Tamimi, Al; Georgiades, Company-Roy; Hudson, rew. "Qatar Attorney General is New Chair of International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities | Lexology". Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  9. ↑ "IAACA". www.iaaca.org. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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