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SUMMARY: Combatting Grand Corruption: National & Global Responses
DESCRIPTION: Join our speakers for an insightful discussion on corruption\,
  where they will explore its impact on society and the steps we can take to
  tackle it.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><img class="alignnone wp-image-51370 size-
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 347" /></p><p>Join our speakers for an insightful discussion on corruption\
 , where they will explore its impact on society and the steps we can take t
 o tackle it.</p><p>Corruption is a major factor in many of the globe’s curr
 ent dire refugee and security crises. Corrupt regimes are responsible for s
 ome of the worse human rights atrocities\, including the forcible displacem
 ent of their citizens.  Many terroristic enterprises are financed almost en
 tirely by corrupt economic enterprises\, often connected to narcotics and o
 ther forms of smuggling.</p><p>Corrupt practices pervade all classes and ca
 stes\, cripple institutions\, destroy communities\, and undermine the very 
 structure of people’s lives. In even the most advanced nations\, corruption
  is sapping their moral fibre. As the world turns to address major global p
 roblems like climate change\, the loss of forests and biodiversity\, and th
 e warming of the earth’s oceans\, corruption poses a significant threat to 
 donor assistance and investment programs to promote sustainable development
  and ensure the planet’s survival.</p><p>Members of the <u>World Refugee & 
 Migration Council Task Force on Anti-Corruption</u> will discuss what kinds
  of new governance innovations are required to tackle the scourge of corrup
 tion\, drawing on the ongoing work of the Council to help establish an Inte
 rnational Anti-Corruption Court\, the Council’s work and support for new le
 gislative initiatives in Canada and internationally to confiscate and repur
 pose the ill-gotten gains of those involved in major human rights abuses\, 
 and the findings of a new major study of the Council in collaboration with 
 the American Academy of Arts & Sciences on <em>Grand Corruption: Curbing Kl
 eptocracy Globally</em>.</p><p><strong>Speakers:</strong></p><ul><li><stron
 g>Peter German\, QC\, PhD</strong>. He is the founder and principal of Pete
 r German & Associates Inc.\, and the President of the International Centre 
 for Criminal Law Reform at the University of British Columbia. He served as
  the RCMP’s Deputy Commissioner for Western and Northern Canada.</li><li><s
 trong>Fen Osler Hampson\, FRSC</strong>. He is the President of the World R
 efugee & Migration Council and Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Inte
 rnational Affairs\, Carleton University. He is the author/coauthor/editor o
 f 48 books on international affairs\, including\, most recently\, <em>Grand
  Corruption: Curbing Kleptocracy Globally</em>.</li><li><strong>Allan Rock<
 /strong>. A member of the WRMC and its Anti-Corruption Task Force\, Mr. Roc
 k is the former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada\, former C
 anadian Ambassador to the United Nations (New York)\, and the former Presid
 ent of the University of Ottawa.</li></ul>
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