Playing with the rules – how extractive industries players pursue illicit practices and what can be done about it?
Over the last two decades, several laws and initiatives have been adopted around the world to fight illicit financial flows, but corruption and tax avoidance remain high in the oil, gas and mining sector. What are some of the reasons for that?
Date: 3 April 2019 Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Aud Finn Kydland, NHH In cooperation with the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) we invite you to an Economic, Ethics and Law research group seminar with Samuell Buell (Duke Law School). The U.S. model of corporate criminal enforcement relies on the […]
Date: 28.11.18 Time: 08:30-09:30. Place: Bergen Resource Centre, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen. Sergii Leshchenko, Martin Paulsen (Diku) and Kasper Vagle (NHH) in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen (The Norwegian Naval Academy) Five years after Ukraine´s Revolution of Dignity started with protests on Independence Square in Kyiv, it is time to ask whether the high hopes for reforms and […]
LawTransform invites all interested to a seminar that will discuss the democratic costs of corrupted social capital with experts in the field. Willeke Slingerland (Saxon University of Applied Sciences) and Lise Rakner (UiB/CMI/LawTransform) in conversation with Tina Søreide (NHH/LawTransform). In countries all over the world there are examples of large infrastructure projects being built bigger than necessary with huge […]
Date: Tuesday 21 August 2018 Time: 09:00-10:15 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Corruption is a major health risk. It takes different forms – from bribes and charging of unofficial fees, via sale of fake or substandard drugs, to corruption in public procurement of drugs and infrastructure, and diversion of public […]
Time: Wednesday 18 April, 12:45 – 14:00 Place: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Auditorium Karl Borch. Norwegian School of Economics and the Corruption & Law Unit at LawTransform invites you to a seminar with corruption expert Susan Rose-Ackerman (Prof. Law and Political Science, Yale Uni.). Corruption is a complex and contested concept that raises difficult […]
Time: 4. April 10:15 – 12:00 Venue: Auditorium A, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). The Norwegian School of Economics and the unit on Corruption & Law at LawTransform invites you to an open lecture with Drago Kos, Chair of the OECD Working Group in Bribery. Drago Kos will discuss the difficulties in controlling corruption in various […]
We invite you to the exclusive screening of the award winning 2016 documentary ‘Shadow World – inside the global arms trade‘ directed by artist/filmmaker Johan Grimonprezbased, based in part on Corruption Watch UK founder Andrew Feinstein’s globally acclaimed book with the same title. After the screening there will be a panel discussion with Andrew Feinstein (Expert […]
Time: Monday, 4 December, 4:00PM – 5:30PM Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31 Panel: Nnimmo Bassey (Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation/Rafto Prize Laureate), Salil Tripathi (Senior Adviser, Institute for Human Rights and Business), and Namita Wahi (Fellow, Centre for Policy Research/ LawTransform). Moderator: Tina Søreide (Professor of Law and Economics, NHH/Leader of Corruption […]
Time: 17:00-18:30 In cooperation with Amnesty International Bergen, we present Shackelia Jackson – a human right defender from Jamaica. The case of her brother is one of this years six cases of Write for Rights campaign/ Skriv for Liv. On the morning of 20 January 2014, Nakiea was busy cooking a large lunch order for […]