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Accountability Gap in Transnational Corruption: A Global Justice and Victim-Centered Approach

Monday, April 6, 2026 @ 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

This talk will explore the emergence of global norms and various mechanisms to make international organizations and other transnational actors more responsible, accountable, accessible and transparent.  It will provide students with a brief overview of the trends in the burgeoning field of transnational anti-corruption enforcement; transparency regimes and independent oversight; and various other accountability features in multilateral institutions and international settings. The talk aims to introduce students to significant substantive and practical issues in international organization and transnational work and the fundamentals required for a future career in this field.  It will also focus on how we can “Reimagining Harm, Voice, and Redress: Toward a Victim-Centered Approach in the Anti-corruption Space.”

El Cid (Cid) Butuyan is Director and Chief Ethics Officer at UNICEF in the United Nations in New York. (Note: He is speaking in his personal capacity). He currently teaches International Relations at Sciences Po and was a faculty member at Harvard Law School. Prior to UNICEF, Cid spent over fifteen years at the World Bank in Washington DC where he led global anticorruption and legal reform efforts. He also worked as the Integrity Lead in the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and held an assignment in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He served multiple terms as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) International Criminal Justice Committee. Cid served in the public sector in the Philippines as the inaugural Antitrust Commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission, with the rank of Under Secretary/ Deputy Minister. He was an Impeachment Prosecutor in the historic first impeachment against a sitting Philippine President for plunder/grand corruption. Cid is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of the Philippines.
 

Details

Date:
Monday, April 6, 2026
Time:
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
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Website:
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Venue

130 Law Building

Organizers

Berkeley Journal of International Law
Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law

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