African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

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African Union legal instrument anti-corruption treaty international convention

The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption is a continental legal framework adopted by African states to promote transparency, integrity, and coordinated action against corruption in public and private sectors across Africa.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African Union legal instrument ⓘ anti-corruption treaty ⓘ international convention ⓘ
adoptedBy	African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Assembly of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate	2003-07-11 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Maputo, Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
depositary	Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	2006-08-05 ⓘ
fullName	African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states ⓘ
monitoringMechanism	African Union Advisory Board on Corruption NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	criminalize corruption-related offences ⓘ facilitate cooperation among African states against corruption ⓘ prevent corruption ⓘ promote accountability in public service ⓘ promote integrity in public and private sectors ⓘ promote transparency in public affairs ⓘ
partyType	African Union member states ⓘ
providesFor	extradition in corruption cases ⓘ mutual legal assistance among state parties ⓘ recovery of assets derived from corruption ⓘ technical cooperation among state parties ⓘ
region	Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations Convention against Corruption NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	adoption of asset declaration systems for public officials ⓘ criminalization of bribery of foreign public officials ⓘ criminalization of bribery of national public officials ⓘ criminalization of concealment of property derived from corruption ⓘ criminalization of diversion of public property ⓘ criminalization of illicit enrichment ⓘ criminalization of money laundering related to corruption ⓘ establishment of anti-corruption authorities ⓘ measures to prevent corruption in political party funding ⓘ measures to prevent corruption in public procurement ⓘ promotion of civil society participation in anti-corruption efforts ⓘ protection of informants and witnesses ⓘ
scope	continental ⓘ
shortName	AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption NERFINISHED ⓘ AUCPCC NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	corruption ⓘ good governance ⓘ private sector integrity ⓘ public sector integrity ⓘ

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