On May 16, 2012, ICAR along with other leading civil society organizations submitted a letter to leadership at the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our letter provided further insights, analysis and commentary on critical issues pertaining to the joint Guidance being developed for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Letter to DOJ and SEC Re. FCPA Guidance
14 November 2012
Guidance Should Satisfy Critics of Government Anti-Bribery Prosecutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Civil society organizations welcomed today’s release of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new guidance for businesses onRead More…
13 January 2012
ICAR along with more than 30 civil society and business groups, including human rights and anticorruption organizations, sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate expressing their opposition to any efforts to amendRead More…
12 October 2011
20 September 2011
Date: September 2011 Source: Open Society Foundations This report examines the current efforts in Washington, D.C., to amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a law that forbids U.S.-based companies from bribing foreign officials. Busting Bribery: Sustaining the Global Momentum of theRead More…
25 August 2011
Dear Congressman, On behalf of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (“ICAR”), a coalition of human rights groups including Amnesty International, Global Witness, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First and EarthRights International, we submit this letter to indicate our strong defenseRead More…
