What are the risks and opportunities associated with genetically engineered organisms in terms of the environment, food safety, and economic and trade issues?The various and often diverging answers to this question were discussed at the workshop on Challenges and Risks of GMOs - What Risk...

Highly publicised outbreaks of food-borne diseases have put food safety at the heart of a topical debate. Demands for increased food safety regulation and stricter enforcement have gained momentum. In fact, consumer concerns go well beyond basic food safety. The quality of food and how it is...

This Glossary explains the key elements required to classify corruption as a criminal act, according to three major international conventions: (1) the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; (2) the Council of Europe’s Criminal...