-ACRC was invited as a speaker at a global conference hosted by the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission-

• The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights participated as a speaker in a an online global conference hosted by the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) at 8 pm of December 7 (1 pm of December 7, Palestin time) and explained Korea’s experience of anti-corruption reform and presented to the international society integrity-oriented policy direction.

The conference, titled “Measures to prevent corruption in the public sector”, was attended by Palestinian Authority government President Majmoud Abbas and heads of anti-corruption commission of Palestine, Italy and Jordan, as well as anti-corruption figures at international organizations such as OECD, UNESCO, and UNDP. They had a discussion on measure to prevent corruption in the world.

• ACRC speech was made at the request of the organization hosting the conference, to share Korea’s exemplary experiences and knowhow on anti-corruption and integrity.

in ACRC speech delivered online, explained that Korea, aiming to go beyond ex post detection and punishment to focus on effective prevention of corruption, laid an institutional foundation for anti-corruption from multiple angles, which have been proven effective. Integrity Assessment conducted in accordance with the Corruption Prevention Act enacted in 2002, an objective measurement of corruption level of public organization has been made in Korea, enhancing integrity level of each public agency. ACRC also explained that Public Interest Protection Act enforced in 2011 has made a meaningful achievement of containing acts of infringing on public interest in the private sector as well as in the public sector.   

Improper Solicitation and Graft Act enforced in 2016 has helped remove the practice of improper solicitation and graft caused by nepotism and favoritism. ACRC also mentioned that the Act on Prevention of Conflict of Interest for Public Servants, which was enacted in 2021 and will be enforced in May 2022, is expected to institutionalize fairness in public servant’s work and decision-making.  

Lastly, ACRC emphasized that anti-corruption policies in the future should focus on practicing integrity in practice so that they could narrow the COVID 19-caused economic gap across the society in real term and meet citizens’ expectation towards fairness.

• An ACRC Official said, “I hope Korea’s anti-corruption reform experiences and achievements could help countries around the world in establishing corruption prevention policies. And the ACRC will expand anti-corruption policy exchanges with countries around the world to contribute to the global fight against corruption.”