Anti corruption law

Legislative guide for the United Nations Convention against Corruption

States should assist each other during the investigation of corruption cases and in the enforcement of legislation against corruption.

A series of anti corruption measures had been undertaken in recent years, including the establishment of the National Council to Combat Corruption and the National Programme to Combat Corruption.

The Government of Ukraine had signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Civil Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe.

Establishment of specialized anti corruption bodies

An anti corruption commission has been established.

(h) Taking measures to combat corruption in all its aspects, including enforcing legislation against corruption, establishing oversight bodies and improving conditions of employment in the judicial sector

Urges States that have not done so to introduce national mechanisms to prevent and combat corruption through the adoption and implementation of specific anti corruption legislation

In view of that, the adoption of the Convention against Corruption was a milestone in the efforts of the international community to establish an international legal framework against corruption.

Acts ratifying the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption would soon be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada.

Furthermore, the Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption had been carrying out comprehensive anti corruption plans since June 2004.

Preventive anti corruption policies and practices

Algeria was preparing to incorporate the provisions of the latter Convention into its legislation, and a draft law on preventing and combating corruption would soon be submitted to legislators.

(h) Combating corruption

Other model laws, such as anti corruption legislation and codes of criminal procedure could also be developed.

Effective enforcement of laws and anti corruption programmes

Measures against corruption

Or lack of corruption.

We will soon be unveiling a new law and anti corruption squad.

It had also established the Office of the Ombudsman as well as an independent anti corruption commission, and had separated the judiciary from the executive branch and strengthened the rule of law in general.

Meanwhile, draft legislation has been prepared on the establishment of a Liberian anti corruption agency.

Peru had set up anti corruption courts and prosecutors and had appointed a special attorney to represent the State in court cases. The Government had established effective cooperation procedures and had revamped its asset recovery mechanisms.

Action against corruption

(d) Taking legal, legislative, administrative and political measures against corruption, in the public and private sector, including by ensuring due process of law and guaranteeing the right to a fair trial and by implementing the anti corruption measures specified in the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Publications providing technical guidance and policy advice include (a) UN Guide for Anti Corruption Policies (b) United Nations Handbook on Practical Anti Corruption Measures for Prosecutors and Investigators (c) United Nations Anti Corruption Toolkits and (d) The Compendium of International Legal Instruments on Corruption.

The Kenyan anti corruption authority, whose mandate included the investigation of corruption cases, had been established and was fully operational.

International Anti Corruption Day

(a) Action against corruption

There was general agreement at all four seminars that the Convention against Corruption represented a major step forward in action against corruption and the development of international law.

promoting the harmonization and coordination of national laws and policies for combating corruption.

PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RULE OF LAW AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Among the measures adopted are the enactment of strict anti corruption laws the establishment of anti corruption, assets declaration and allied watch dog bodies the restructuring of judicial and law enforcement agencies and the enhancement of the agencies' investigative, data gathering and information sharing capacities.

An assessment of corruption and anti corruption measures in correctional services was carried out in Southern Africa together with SADC, which adopted an anti corruption programme, while a number of countries have promulgated anti corruption legislation.

United Nations Convention against Corruption

Preventive anti corruption body or bodies

the anti corruption coordination authority and

States actions against corruption

S 20 2 Political Declaration

For action against corruption

51 59.

And I think corruption, and the fight against corruption, and the impact of corruption, is probably one of the most interesting ways to illustrate what I mean with this failure of governance.

Colombia had enacted legislation to deal with public sector corruption and was a signatory to the Inter American Convention against Corruption.

Action against corruption assistance to States in capacity building with a view to facilitating the entry into force and subsequent implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

With a view to combating corruption and the transfer of funds of illicit origin, the Government had reportedly adopted a series of legislative and administrative measures, including the establishment of the National Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) and the enactment of the Anti Corruption Act.