Criminal Law Convention On Corruption

This Convention aims to co-ordinate national legislation concerning certain corruption offences, and to improve international co-operation for the prosecution of such offences. The Convention provides for the criminalisation of active and passive corruption of national and foreign public officials; members of national, international and supranational assemblies; judges and staff of international or supranational courts; and, in the business sector, trading in influence involving public officials, laundering of corruption proceeds, and accounting offences linked to corruption. Issues such as jurisdiction, sanctions and measures, establishing specialised authorities for the fight against corruption, co-operation among law enforcement agencies, and protection of witnesses are also covered.

The text and explanatory report of the Convention, which aims at providing effective remedies for victims of corruption, including the possibility of compensation. Compliance by the parties to the Convention will be monitored by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).

Parallel texts in English and French. A companion to "Civil law convention on corruption" (1999) (ISBN 9287141517)

This Glossary explains the key elements required to classify corruption as a criminal act, according to three major international conventions.

The United Nations Convention against Corruption includes 71 articles, and takes a notably comprehensive approach to the problem of corruption, as it addresses prevention, criminalization, international cooperation, and asset recovery. Since it came into force more than a decade ago, the Convention has attracted nearly universal participation by states. As a global and comprehensive convention, which establishes new rules in several areas of anti-corruption law and helps shape domestic laws and policies around the world, this treaty calls for scholarly study. This volume helps to fill a gap in existing academic literature by providing an invaluable reference work on the Convention. It provides systematic coverage of the treaty, with each chapter discussing the relevant travaux préparatoires, the text of the final article, comparisons with other anti-corruption treaties, and available information about domestic implementing legislation and enforcement. This commentary is designed to serve as a reference work for academics, lawyers, and policy-makers working in the anti-corruption field, and in the fields of transnational criminal law and domestic criminal law. Contributors include anti-corruption experts, scholars, and legal practitioners from around the globe.