Abstract
International law does not currently regard an act of official corruption as the violation of a human right. But as recent steps by Chinese leaders, political shifts in India, the EuroMaidan in Ukraine, and the Arab Spring all reflect, an international consensus is emerging that corruption is a pervasive and pernicious social problem, structural obstacle to economic growth and threat to global security.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Recommended Citation
Matthew Murray & Andrew Spalding, Freedom from Official Corruption as a Human Right, Brookings Institution, January 28, 2015, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/01/27-freedom-corruption-human-right-murray-spalding.
Comments
Coauthored with Matthew Murray