PREVENT, ERADICATE, COMBAT VIS A VIS PROMOTE, PROTECT, GUARANTEE: THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTSPrevenir, erradicar, combatir vis a vis promover, proteger, garantizar: la convergencia entre corrupción y derechos humanos

Abstract

In the presence of a complex phenomenon such as corruption, so is its definition. It is the misuse or abuse of a delegated power for the particular benefit, in these terms it is defined by Transparency International, the World Bank and the Secretariat of the Civil Service in Mexico, a meaning oriented towards the design of public policies in terms of the effectiveness, professionalization and transparency of the civil service, so it is recurrent to identify corruption with those who work in the service of the State. However, the contexts and factors that give rise to corruption are multiple, the effects are too, it is a phenomenon that displaces a large amount of state resources, which limits the performance of its functions and makes it a major obstacle to economic and social development that affects the human rights of the population. Let us explore the convergence between corruption and human rights, to get closer to the dimension of its effects.