{"id":25639,"date":"2025-01-17T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25639"},"modified":"2025-01-17T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:18:43","slug":"human-rights-and-anti-corruption-expo-highlights-guyanas-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/human-rights-and-anti-corruption-expo-highlights-guyanas-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Expo Highlights Guyana&#8217;s Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams | December 9, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Expo opened today at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, showcasing Guyana\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen human rights protections and combat corruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-day event, organized by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, is designed to raise awareness about the importance of these issues and highlight the country&#8217;s initiatives in tackling corruption while safeguarding human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Phillips addressed the opening ceremony, reaffirming the government&#8217;s commitment to upholding international agreements aimed at protecting human rights and addressing corruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that corruption undermines the rule of law, economic development, and public trust in institutions, making anti-corruption measures crucial for ensuring fairness and accountability in governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its anti-corruption efforts, Guyana has ratified several international anti-corruption treaties and made significant changes to its laws, including improvements in procurement practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the country established the National Coordinating Committee on Anti-Corruption, a body overseeing 16 agencies responsible for anti-corruption initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, also spoke at the event, discussing the interconnectedness of human rights and corruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed that while the government holds certain responsibilities in ensuring human rights, it is the collective responsibility of all citizens to uphold these rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Teixeira also mentioned that Guyana\u2019s approach to anti-corruption will continue to evolve and strengthen as the country progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expo coincides with two significant international observances: International Anti-Corruption Day, marked annually on December 9, and International Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The observance of these days aims to encourage global attention on the importance of fighting corruption and protecting human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expo reflects Guyana&#8217;s ongoing commitment to building a fairer, more transparent society and aligning with global standards for the protection of human rights and the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams | December 9, 2024 The third Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Expo opened today at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, showcasing Guyana\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25640,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25639\/revisions\/25640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}