TMU CSR Institute zoom session: Cracking corruption via a supranational non-judicial enforcement body - feasibility, viability and possible next steps

Corruption is addressed at the international level through a number of multilateral treaties that have since been ratified and transformed into domestic legislation in many countries around the world, including in Canada, the United States, Australia, Brazil, China, India, the United Kingdom, and the countries of the European Union. This session explores the value of supplement treaties with a bolstered suprantional non-judicial enforcement body. International Organizations, with their reach, influence, development priorities, and research capabilities, need to be the epicentre where corruption is choked – cut off from being executed. In particular this session explores the proposal for a new OECD dispute settlement mechanism designed to combat transnational corruption as well as the role of multilateral development bank

Noah Arshinoff will lead the discussion, in conversation with TMU CSR Institute Director Kernaghan Webb.

About the speakers

Noah Arshinoff

Noah Arshinoff is a lawyer and consultant in the anti-corruption and anti-money laundering space. Noah founded and is President of ACT International – a legal and policy consulting firm specializing in anti-corruption matters and is Policy Counsel with the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. With over 13 years of experience in the field, Noah has worked with various international organizations such as the OECD, UN Office of on Drugs and Crime, and others where he has advised on the international regulatory framework to counter corruption and money-laundering.

Noah’s experience stretches to various corners of the world. He has worked to strengthen corruption reporting mechanisms in Africa, designed and evaluated anti-corruption sanctions regimes for multilateral development banks, provided technical assistance to countries in the Middle East, promoted transparency in supply chains in the European Union and Canada, and delivered courses to prosecutors and investigators on how to detect, and adequately sanction corruption and money-laundering offenses.

About the Moderator

Dr. Kernaghan Webb

Dr. Kernaghan Webb holds Bachelor's, Masters and Doctorate degrees in law, and is an Associate Professor in the Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Law and Business. He is also the Founding Director of the TMU Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility. Prof. Webb's extensive law and regulation research and publications have among other things been cited and quoted  (external link) by the Supreme Court of Canada. Dr. Webb has also been employed by or advised governments and inter-governmental bodies, and he has been on the board of directors or otherwise assisted private sector, civil society organizations on regulatory matters. Professor Webb was appointed Special Advisor to the UN Global Compact regarding the development of the ISO 26000 social responsibility standard, he has played leadership roles in the development of international and national social and economic standards, and received international and national recognition for his leadership.

Co-sponsors

This seminar is co-sponsored by the TRSM Law and Business Students Association and the TRSM Corporate Social Responsibility Student Society.

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