United Nations Convention against Corruption

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United Nations convention international anti-corruption treaty

The United Nations Convention against Corruption is a global, legally binding treaty that sets comprehensive standards and measures for preventing, criminalizing, and combating corruption in both public and private sectors.

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United Nations Convention against Corruption canonical 4
UN Convention against Corruption 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
international anti-corruption treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2003-10-31 ⓘ
adoptionResolution UN General Assembly resolution 58/4 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Merida Convention ⓘ
United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
surface form: UN Convention against Corruption
appliesToSector private sector ⓘ
public sector ⓘ
chapter Chapter II: Preventive measures ⓘ
Chapter III: Criminalization and law enforcement ⓘ
Chapter IV: International cooperation ⓘ
Chapter V: Asset recovery ⓘ
Chapter VI: Technical assistance and information exchange ⓘ
Chapter VII: Mechanisms for implementation ⓘ
Chapter VIII: Final provisions ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 2005-12-14 ⓘ
establishesBody Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
goal promotion and strengthening of measures to prevent and combat corruption more efficiently and effectively ⓘ
promotion of integrity, accountability and proper management of public affairs and public property ⓘ
implementedBy United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus legally binding treaty ⓘ
monitoringMechanism Implementation Review Mechanism ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate 2003-12-09 ⓘ
openedForSignaturePlace Mérida ⓘ
surface form: Mérida, Mexico
providesFor extradition in corruption cases ⓘ
international cooperation in asset recovery ⓘ
mutual legal assistance in corruption cases ⓘ
return of assets to countries of origin ⓘ
requires adoption of preventive anti-corruption policies ⓘ
criminalization of bribery of foreign public officials ⓘ
criminalization of bribery of national public officials ⓘ
criminalization of embezzlement of public funds ⓘ
establishment of anti-corruption bodies ⓘ
measures against money-laundering related to corruption ⓘ
measures for protection of whistleblowers and witnesses ⓘ
measures to promote integrity in law enforcement agencies ⓘ
measures to promote integrity in the judiciary ⓘ
measures to promote transparency in public administration ⓘ
measures to promote transparency in public procurement ⓘ
scope asset recovery ⓘ
criminalization of corruption ⓘ
international cooperation against corruption ⓘ
prevention of corruption ⓘ
technical assistance and information exchange ⓘ
shortName UNCAC ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime → supportsTreaty → United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
United Nations crime suppression conventions → includesInstrument → United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
United Nations Convention against Corruption → alsoKnownAs → United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Convention against Corruption
Council of Europe anti-corruption conventions → complements → United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ