International Anti-Corruption Commitments

Title of the document

Bali Business Declaration: The United Nations Convention against Corruption as a New Market Force

(https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en...)

Issuing body

Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Brief description

Countries made several commitments such as aligning business principles with UNCAC and strengthening private-public partnerships for combating corruption in business.

Relevant excerpts

COMMIT to work towards the alignment of business principles with the fundamental values enshrined in the United Nations Convention against Corruption and to report on such efforts at the third session of the Conference of the States Parties,

COMMIT to ensuring that anti-corruption polices and strategies include effective whistleblower protection, due diligence in the selection of agents, intermediaries and address “facilitation payments”,

COMMIT to work towards developing mechanisms to review companies’ compliance with realigned business principles and to report on the outcome of this exercise at the third session of the Conference,

AFFIRM our commitment to support small and medium enterprises in the establishment and implementation of appropriate internal anti-corruption policies and procedures,

COMMIT to strengthening private-public partnerships for combating corruption in business.