THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE

Abstract

The article examines the role of international non-governmental organizations in the fight against corruption in the public sphere. It is noted that the international legal mechanism for overcoming corruption consists of a system of international legal acts, an institutional and instrumental component, mechanisms of the system of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of international anti-corruption obligations, technical and resource support, which contributes to the creation of a global system of effective fight at the international level and of anti-corruption policy, which have a normative, informative and practical direction. It is emphasized that the institutional component of the international mechanism for countering and fighting corruption, including international non-governmental organizations are also included. It was determined that an international non-governmental organization is created on the basis of the implementation of the will of citizens’ initiatives, unites non-governmental organizations of different countries and private individuals and legal entities in order to solve the problems of countering and fighting corruption, which either remained outside the attention of states and governments, or cannot be solved without their additional participation. It is highlighted that international non-governmental organizations differ in such main features as: they exert pressure on international governmental organizations, governments and other actors of international relations and act as a kind of counterweight to the state, they are created on the initiative of private individuals, they carry out non-commercial activities, they have the status of a legal entity, they are recognized although by one state or have consultative status with an international governmental organization, receive funding from states, direct their activities to solving social, economic, cultural, educational and other issues. Within the framework of the functioning of the international mechanism for countering and fighting corruption, international non-governmental organizations perform the following tasks: collect, analyze and disseminate information on corruption manifestations, drawing the public’s attention to them, offer different approaches to solving problems related to corruption, monitor the activities of governments, especially in the fulfillment of international obligations regarding the prevention of corruption, mobilize public opinion and involve the public in discussing the issue of combating and preventing corruption, lobby for the adoption of important decisions to solve problematic issues. Classification of international non-governmental organizations fighting corruption has been carried out.