Anti-corruption Pioneer Remembered

Wellington-born activist and writer Jeremy Pope, who has died aged 73, “was one of the pioneers in what is now a global movement to curb corruption and improve integrity in government,” friend and colleague Fredrik Galtung writes for the Guardian. “Jeremy’s father, who worked for the Chicago Tribune and New York Times, reporting on the Chinese revolution and the Korean and Vietnam wars, triggered his interest in global affairs. As an editor of the New Zealand Law Journal in the 1970s, Jeremy denounced New Zealand’s sporting contacts with South Africa. He was responsible for the introduction of the country’s duty solicitor scheme. In 1993, with six others, he co-founded Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption organisation based in Berlin. In the last four years, after he returned to Wellington, he served on New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission, where he was noted for his courage, good humour and gentle wisdom.”

Jeremy Pope: 1938 – August 29 2012