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 4 : Criminalisation

Considering that the description of acts of corruption, criminalised by the present Convention, is subject to the laws of the State Party, each state, according to its domestic legislation, shall adopt the necessary legal and other measures to criminalize the following acts when committed intentionally:

4 — Bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organizations in connection with international trade within a State Party.

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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