Anti-corruption
conventions and instruments
Numerous anti-corruption conventions and instruments have been executed
during the last 10 years at international and regional level. They play
a major role in the fight against corruption, as they require signatory
states to take effective action to prevent corruption, and to co-operate
with each other in the investigation and prosecution of corruption.
The most significant of these conventions are listed below:
If the following details are inaccurate or incomplete, or you wish
details of a convention or instrument which is not listed below to be listed,
please send details to GIACC.
Global and Inter-Regional Level
- UN Convention against Corruption
- UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
- Revised Recommendations
of the Council of the OECD on Combating Bribery in International
Business Transactions
Africa
- AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
- SADC Protocol against Corruption
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight Against Corruption
Americas
- The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
Asia
- ADB-OECD Action Plan for Asia-Pacific
Europe
- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention
- Council of Europe Civil Law Convention
- Resolution (99) 5 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe:Agreement Establishing the Group of States against Corruption
- Resolution (97) 24 of the Committee of Members of the Council of Europe:Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption
- European Union Convention on the Protection of the Communities’ Financial Interests and the Fight against Corruption and two Protocols
- European Union Convention on the Fight against Corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States.
For summaries and full texts of the above anti-corruption conventions and instruments, see Transparency International’s web-page Anti-corruption conventions.
Page updated on 1st May 2008
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