Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)

  1. Introduction
  2. Anti-Corruption Agencies and Supreme Audit Institutions
  3. Access to Information
  4. Asset Recovery and International Cooperation
  5. Business Integrity
  6. Foreign Bribery and Lobbying
  7. Illicit finance
  8. Protection of whistleblowers
  9. Public Integrity
  10. Tax-related Measures
  11. Other themes

Title of the document

Arab Anti-Corruption Convention

(https://www.acta.gov.qa/en/ara...)

Issuing body

League of Arab States

Brief description

The Arab Anti-Corruption Convention is the latest addition to the regional instruments on combating corruption. It was signed by 21 Arab countries on 21 December 2010 and has been ratified by more than 12 countries to date.

Relevant excerpts

Article 7: Freezing, seizure and confiscation

1 — As far as possible, each State Party shall adopt, in accordance with its domestic legislation, all necessary measures to enable the confiscation of:

a) The proceeds of crime deriving from offences under the present Convention, or assets whose value is equivalent to the value of those proceeds.

b) Property, equipment or other instruments used or intended to be used in the commission of an offence under the present Convention.

Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Anti-Corruption Agencies and Supreme Audit Institutions
  3. Access to Information
  4. Asset Recovery and International Cooperation
  5. Business Integrity
  6. Foreign Bribery and Lobbying
  7. Illicit finance
  8. Protection of whistleblowers
  9. Public Integrity
  10. Tax-related Measures
  11. Other themes

Author

Jorum Duri

Date

09/06/2021

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