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Record Nr.

UNINA9910383830003321

Autore

Zamudio-González Laura

Titolo

International Intervention Instruments against Corruption in Central America / / by Laura Zamudio-González

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-40878-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Collana

Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America

Disciplina

321.8

320

Soggetti

Latin America—Politics and government

Democracy

Political science

Regionalism

Latin American Politics

Governance and Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Corruption and State Capture: Emerging Topics in the International Security Agenda -- 2. Hybrid Anticorruption Agencies -- 3. Theoretical Framework: HACAs as Autonomous Actors -- 4. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) -- 5. The Support Mission against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) -- 6. CICIG and MACCIH: Two Models of Hybrid Anticorruption Agencies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the innovative international intervention instruments against corruption in Central America called Hybrid Anticorruption Agencies or HACAS. The author aims to disclose and explain the decision of the United Nations and the Organization of American States to promote, separately but with a similar rationale, a new strategic approach to fighting corruption through the creation of two HACAS. Specifically, the book examines the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras



(MACCIH). The CICIG and the MACCIH represent unique cases of anti-corruption hybrid commissions because they combine resources, participants and/or national and international institutions which, in a coherent and integrated manner, strengthen the investigation, prosecution, and punishment of corrupt and criminal acts. The book also studies the HACAS as international instruments not free from risks and limitations. Laura Zamudio-González is Associate Professor of International Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. .