Democracy and Governance
Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council 2022
The Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the Economic and Social Council. This issue covers the 2022 session of the Council including the organizational and substantive session. The Index is divided in two parts comprising the Subject Index and Index to Speeches. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Department of Global Communications as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
Rapport sur la gouvernance économique II: Cadre d’évaluation et de rapportage des dépenses fiscales en afrique
Le présent rapport met l’accent sur les dépenses fiscales. Celles-ci entrainent une perte de recettes publiques dans les cas où les pouvoirs publics octroient des allocations à des contribuables potentiels réduisant ainsi l’assiette fiscale et les recettes effectivement perçues. Les recettes perdues en raison des dépenses fiscales auraient pu être réparties de manière plus judicieuse entre les différentes priorités de développement du pays dans le cadre d’une supervision prudente en veillant à ce qu’il n’y ait pas de laissés pour compte. Le présent rapport fournit un cadre de gouvernance efficace des dépenses fiscales y compris l’évaluation des coûts budgétaires des dépenses fiscales et la production et publication de rapports. Le cadre peut permettre aux gouvernements d’examiner les propositions d’optimisation des dépenses et aboutir à la suppression des incitations fiscales improductives stimulant ainsi la collecte des recettes. Il peut également contribuer à l’accroissement de la mobilisation des ressources intérieures du continent à la réduction de sa vulnérabilité à l’endettement et la volatilité des financements extérieurs et à l’amélioration des perspectives de réalisation de ses objectifs de développement.
Economic Governance Report II: A Framework for Assessing and Reporting Tax Expenditures in Africa
The focus of this issue of the Economic Governance Report (EGR II) is on tax expenditures where governments provide allowances to potential taxpayers that reduce the effective tax base and actual tax revenues collected. The revenue lost through tax expenditures could have been more judiciously allocated among the country’s different development priorities under prudent oversight ensuring that no one is left behind. This report provides a framework for the effective governance of tax expenditures including the assessment of the fiscal costs of tax expenditures and reporting. The framework has the potential to inform government consideration of the value-for-money propositions of the expenditures and to result in expunging unproductive incentives thereby boosting revenue collection. It can also contribute to boosting the continent’s domestic resource mobilization reducing its vulnerability to debt and volatile external financing and improve the prospects of meeting its development goals.
Informe Global de UNODC sobre Corrupción en el Deporte
El Informe Global de UNODC sobre Corrupción en el Deporte ofrece por primera vez una visión exhaustiva de la corrupción en el ámbito deportivo yrevela la escala expresión y complejidad de las redes criminales en el deporte a nivel nacional e internacional. Si bien la corrupción en el deporte no es un fenómeno nuevo -se han documentado actividades fraudulentas en el manejo de instituciones y competiciones deportivas desde los antiguos Juegos Olímpicos- en las dos últimas décadas se ha producido un aumento sustancial de la delincuencia en este ámbito. La globalización la enorme circulación de dinero el rápido crecimiento de las apuestas legales e ilegales y los avances tecnológicos que transforman la manera de practicar y consumir el deporte son factores que lo vuelven particularmente vulnerable a la manipulación y lo hacen cada vez más atractivo para las redes delictivas que buscan explotarlo para obtener beneficios ilícitos.
Глобальный доклад о коррупции в спорте
Предлагая тактику эффективной борьбы с преступностью и коррупцией в спорте наметив ряд конкретных политических соображений Глобальный доклад о коррупции в спорте раскрывает ошеломляющие масштабы проявления и сложности связанные с коррупцией и организованной преступностью в спорте на глобальном региональном и национальном уровне. Хотя коррупция в спорте не является новым явлением мошеннические действия при управлении спортивными учреждениями и проведении соревнований были задокументированы еще во времена Древних Олимпийских игр за последние два десятилетия в этой области произошел значительный рост преступной деятельности. Действительно глобализация внушительный приток денег быстрый рост легальных и нелегальных ставок на спорт и технологический прогресс меняющие подход к спорту делают его все более привлекательным для преступных сетей стремящихся использовать спорт для получения незаконной прибыли.
Global Report on Corruption in Sport
Offering for the first time a truly comprehensive look at corruption in sport the Global Report on Corruption in Sport reveals the staggering scale manifestation and complexity of corruption and criminal networks in sport at international and national levels. While corruption in sport is not a new phenomenon – fraudulent activities in the running of sports institutions and competitions have been documented from the times of the Ancient Olympic Games – the past two decades have witnessed a substantial increase in criminal activities within this area. Indeed a range of factors left it ripe for manipulation with the perfect storm of globalization a huge influx of money the rapid growth of legal and illegal sports betting and technological advances transforming the way sport is played and consumed and are making it increasingly attractive presented significant opportunities for to criminal networks seeking to exploit sport for illicit and illegal profit to capitalize.
United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity
The Brochure is an introduction to UNCTAD led UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity to relevant stakeholders e.g. Governments Donors and UN System (including UN Resident Coordinator System) Below is Brief description of the Cluster: The Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity is led by UNCTAD and includes FAO ILO ITC UNCITRAL UNDP UNEP UNIDO UNOPS WTO and the five United Nations Regional Commissions. The Cluster is an inter-agency mechanism dedicated to the coordination of trade and development operations within the United Nations system. It proposes comprehensive solutions with optimized linkages between the formulation of common policy recommendations and their effective translation at the national level. By acknowledging the pivotal role of trade as an engine for sustained human development and economic growth the Cluster aims to enhance the development impact of trade and trade-related national policies and productive activities. It emphasizes the linkages between trade and development in the overall normative work and assistance of the United Nations. Most members of the Cluster are non-resident agencies.
数字经济相关法律问题 分类法
This taxonomy has been prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to map the main legal issues relating to emerging digital technologies in trade. It covers the key topics of artificial intelligence data digital assets online platforms and distributed ledger systems. For each topic the taxonomy defines key concepts explores the actors legal relationships and legal issues involved and appraises the application of existing legislative texts developed by UNCITRAL. The publication supports the central and coordinating role of UNCITRAL within the United Nations system in addressing legal issues related to the digital economy and is designed to guide future legislative projects aimed at enabling digital trade.
Taxonomie des questions juridiques liées à l’économie numérique
Cette taxonomie a été préparée par le secrétariat de la Commission des Nations Unies pour le droit commercial international (CNUDCI) pour cartographier les principales questions juridiques liées aux technologies numériques émergentes dans le commerce. Il couvre les sujets clés de l'intelligence artificielle des données des actifs numériques des plateformes en ligne et des systèmes de registres distribués. Pour chaque sujet la taxonomie définit les concepts clés explore les acteurs les relations juridiques et les questions juridiques impliquées et évalue l'application des textes législatifs existants élaborés par la CNUDCI. La publication soutient le rôle central et de coordination de la CNUDCI au sein du système des Nations Unies dans le traitement des questions juridiques liées à l'économie numérique et est conçue pour guider les futurs projets législatifs visant à permettre le commerce numérique.
Юридическая таксономия по вопросам, касающимся цифровой экономики
This taxonomy has been prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to map the main legal issues relating to emerging digital technologies in trade. It covers the key topics of artificial intelligence data digital assets online platforms and distributed ledger systems. For each topic the taxonomy defines key concepts explores the actors legal relationships and legal issues involved and appraises the application of existing legislative texts developed by UNCITRAL. The publication supports the central and coordinating role of UNCITRAL within the United Nations system in addressing legal issues related to the digital economy and is designed to guide future legislative projects aimed at enabling digital trade.
تصنيف للمسائل القانونية المتعلقة بالاقتصاد الرقمي
This taxonomy has been prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to map the main legal issues relating to emerging digital technologies in trade. It covers the key topics of artificial intelligence data digital assets online platforms and distributed ledger systems. For each topic the taxonomy defines key concepts explores the actors legal relationships and legal issues involved and appraises the application of existing legislative texts developed by UNCITRAL. The publication supports the central and coordinating role of UNCITRAL within the United Nations system in addressing legal issues related to the digital economy and is designed to guide future legislative projects aimed at enabling digital trade.
Taxonomy of Legal Issues Related to the Digital Economy
This taxonomy has been prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to map the main legal issues relating to emerging digital technologies in trade. It covers the key topics of artificial intelligence data digital assets online platforms and distributed ledger systems. For each topic the taxonomy defines key concepts explores the actors legal relationships and legal issues involved and appraises the application of existing legislative texts developed by UNCITRAL. The publication supports the central and coordinating role of UNCITRAL within the United Nations system in addressing legal issues related to the digital economy and is designed to guide future legislative projects aimed at enabling digital trade.
Feminist Climate Justice: A Framework for Action
The climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our times one that is threatening progress on gender equality and human rights and hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Against this backdrop of rising global temperatures and unfulfilled national pledges women girls and gender-diverse people are mobilizing to demand that their voices be heard in decision-making on climate policy. To answer their demands this paper describes how to achieve feminist climate justice through four interlinked dimensions (recognition redistribution representation and reparation) and the principles of interdependence and intersectionality. It provides practical guidance on what countries need to do to transition to low-emission economies that are resilient to a changing climate while advancing gender equality and recognising the leadership of women girls and gender-diverse people in driving the change that is so urgently needed. In doing so it zooms in on the global food system as just one illustration of how this framework can be applied as well as provides analysis of the major barriers to accountability for gender-responsive climate action and how they can be overcome. The vision for feminist climate justice is of a world in which everyone can enjoy the full range of human rights free from discrimination and flourish on a planet that is healthy and sustainable. With this conceptual framework UN-Women aims to open up space for discussion of feminist alternatives to the status quo and to inform the next edition of its flagship report Progress of the World’s Women on gender equality in the age of climate crisis.
Перспективы инновационной политики, 2022 год
The UNECE Interim Sub-Regional Innovation Policy Outlook (IIPO) provides an update on recent trends and developments in innovation policy governance and support mechanisms in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus (EESC). It follows the first Sub-Regional Innovation Policy Outlook for EESC (IPO) which was published in 2020. The IIPO publication focuses on two topics in particular that were chosen by the beneficiary countries as priority areas for innovation-led sustainable growth: how to strengthen knowledge linkages and relationships between the research and business sector and how to improve the use of IEP to create demand for and incentivize innovation for sustainable development. This report focuses on how countries can strengthen linkages between science and businesses and leverage the use of innovation-enhancing procurement for innovation-led sustainable growth based on economic specificities of Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Registration of Objects Launched Into Outer Space
The study examines the national approaches taken to implement the registration-related provisions of the United Nations Treaties Principles Guidelines and applicable resolutions. In doing so the Registration Project aims to create a baseline understanding of national approaches to registration empower new emerging or established space-faring nations to register satellites with the UN enhance international expertise and share knowledge good practices and lessons learned from national approaches. This study can inform future capacity-building activities or topics to be discussed within expert meetings of National Focal Points on Registration.
A Shared Vision for Technology and Governance
Digitalisation is changing the practice and context of governance. This report aims to provide an overview of the key learnings from UNDP's work at the intersection of governance and digital technology draw some conclusions about the implications of emerging technologies for the future of governance and point in the direction of future work in this area. It draws on the insights and lessons learnt from the implementation of the Technology for Democracy project funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and on consultations with development practitioners from across the globe. The report explores the implications of emerging technologies first for the 'governance of digitalisation' – that is the governance arrangements required to ensure that digital transformation is rights-based inclusive and supports the achievement of the SDGs – and secondly for the 'digitalisation for governance' – the implications of digital technologies for accountable inclusive and effective governance.
Addressing Hate Speech Through Education
Hate speech is spreading faster and further than ever before as a result of social media user growth and the rise of populism. Both online and offline hate speech targets people and groups based on who they are. It has the potential to ignite and fuel violence spawn violent extremist ideologies including atrocity crimes and genocide. It discriminates and infringes on individual and collective human rights and undermines social cohesion. Education can play a central role in countering hateful narratives and the emergence of group-targeted violence. This policy guide developed by UNESCO and the United Nations’ Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect explores these educational responses and provides guidance and recommendations to policy-makers on how to strengthen education systems to counter hate speech.
Стамбульский Протокол
This revised edition strengthens the widely recognized and highly valued Istanbul Protocol standards on the effective investigation into and documentation of torture and ill-treatment. Relying on multi-sectoral engagement specialized global expertise and practical experiences of law health and human rights professionals in the field including members of United Nations anti-torture bodies the updated edition seeks to fortify the implementation of international norms and preventive tools to assist survivors of torture worldwide. The Istanbul Protocol and the accompanying “Istanbul Principles” also serve as a global standard against which the delivery of expert legal and medical evidence can be benchmarked in the investigation and prevention of torture. The Istanbul Protocol should appeal to a wide variety of stakeholders including States civil society doctors psychologists social workers lawyers forensic specialists asylum officers human rights officers and many others.
Interim Sub-Regional Innovation Policy Outlook 2022
The UNECE Interim Sub-Regional Innovation Policy Outlook (IIPO) provides an update on recent trends and developments in innovation policy governance and support mechanisms in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus (EESC). It follows the first Sub-Regional Innovation Policy Outlook for EESC (IPO) which was published in 2020. The IIPO publication focuses on two topics in particular that were chosen by the beneficiary countries as priority areas for innovation-led sustainable growth: how to strengthen knowledge linkages and relationships between the research and business sector and how to improve the use of IEP to create demand for and incentivize innovation for sustainable development. This report focuses on how countries can strengthen linkages between science and businesses and leverage the use of innovation-enhancing procurement for innovation-led sustainable growth based on economic specificities of Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Rapport sur la gouvernance économique I: Architecture institutionnelle pour lutter contre les flux financiers illicites
Ce premier Rapport sur la gouvernance économique évalue l’architecture institutionnelle préconisée par les gouvernements africains pour bloquer les flux financiers illicites (FFI) et recommande des initiatives pour la renforcer. Les conclusions du rapport indiquent que les FFI continuent de prospérer alors même que les pays africains ont essayé d’établir des cadres institutionnels conçus pour les combattre. Les FFI ont pour causes la corruption le blanchiment d’argent la surfacturation ou sous-facturation des échanges commerciaux pour transférer des fonds de manière illicite ainsi que la fraude fiscale (y compris l’évasion fiscale des entreprises). Le rapport encourage une plus grande collaboration entre les administrations publiques la coordination des rapports financiers la suppression des mandats faisant double emploi et un soutien politique constant aux réformes institutionnelles visant à lutter contre le phénomène. Le rapport suggère que les pays africains qui sont parties aux conventions internationales sur la corruption appliquent pleinement et alignent toutes les lois nationales régissant les organes de lutte contre la corruption. Les lois anti-corruption devraient viser expressément les FFI. Les pays africains doivent également renforcer les pouvoirs et l'indépendance des organes de lutte contre la corruption afin de s'attaquer efficacement à la corruption au blanchiment d'argent aux FFI liés au commerce et aux FFI à motivation fiscale. Ils doivent intégrer des systèmes de données dans tous les circuits économiques - banques centrales autorités douanières autres autorités fiscales registres des sociétés commissions boursières et institutions financières commerciales et non bancaires - afin de faciliter le suivi des transactions de corruption et des mouvements des produits de la corruption.