The Regional Hub for South-East Asia provides anti-corruption advisory services and technical assistance to ASEAN States parties, Mongolia and Timor-Leste. The Hub also supports the implementation of the 2024-2027 road map underlying the Regional Anti-Corruption Platform for South-East Asia and its priority thematic areas identified by the platform’s 12 participating countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam).
The Hub’s anti-corruption efforts are aligned with key regional initiatives and frameworks, including ASEAN-PAC (ASEAN Parties Against Corruption), a regional framework aimed at addressing corruption, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). IPEF provides a platform for regional collaboration around economic growth and consists of 14 countries that together represent 40 per cent of global GDP. It is organized around four main pillars, with UNODC supporting work on pillar IV on tax and anti-corruption.
The Hub is also aligned with the South East Asia Justice Network (SEAJust), a judicial cooperation network that helps facilitate communication between central authorities for mutual legal assistance matters, as well as with the Asia / Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). On asset recovery, the Hub’s work complements the Asset Recovery Interagency Network – Asia Pacific (ARIN-AP), which helps to exchange information on individuals, companies and assets to recover the proceeds of crime.
The Hub recognizes the important role played by civil society, academia, media, youth, private sector and others and provides ongoing support to two networks:
Southeast Asia’s Journalists Against Corruption Network (JAC) in partnership with the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
The Hub is based in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-corruption experts are located throughout the region, including in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Viet Nam.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides a broad overview and high-level analysis of three areas for enhanced cooperation in the fight against corruption among Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partners based on outcomes from the first and second review cycles under the UNCAC Implementation Review Mechanism.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides an overview of the implementation of non-conviction-based forfeiture (NCBF) in ASEAN States parties, Mongolia, and Timor-Leste. It outlines recommendations on how to strengthen the implementation of NCBF, including the explicit recognition of foreign NCBF orders, to enhance international cooperation and facilitate cross-border asset recovery.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides an overview of the right to information (RTI) under international law, and examples of RTI frameworks and practices in ASEAN States parties, Mongolia and Timor-Leste. It highlights examples of good practices and provides recommendations and suggestions for enhancing RTI frameworks and implementation measures.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides an overview of the implementation of chapter III of the UN Convention against Corruption among ASEAN States parties and Timor-Leste based on the outcomes of the first cycle reviews under the Implementation Review Mechanism conducted between 2010-2015, identifying common challenges as well as good practices.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides an overview of the implementation of chapter IV of the Convention among ASEAN States parties and Timor-Leste based on the outcomes of the first cycle reviews under the Implementation Review Mechanism conducted between 2010-2015, identifying common challenges as well as good practices.
UNODC, 2024
This resource provides an overview of ASEAN States’ and Timor-Leste’s legal frameworks on beneficial ownership transparency and includes ideas on how to strengthen such frameworks and their implementation.
UNODC
This resource provides an overview of ASEAN States’ legal frameworks on whistle-blower protection and shares a set of recommended actions to strengthen such protection. It also includes ideas on how civil society organizations can engage on this important issue.
UNODC
This compilation of fact sheets aims to provide guidance to ASEAN States on implementing the Convention by providing a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the Convention’s requirements.
