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Overview of international commitments on corruption and illicit finance

This Anti-Corruption Helpdesk brief was produced in response to a query from one of Transparency International’s national chapters. The Anti-Corruption Helpdesk is operated by Transparency International and funded by the European Union.
Query
Please compile a list of all significant commitments in international fora on anticorruption and illicit finance - presented by multi-lateral institution and easily searchable by thematic/subject area
Summary
Over the past three decades, a sizable number of multi-lateral institutions have demonstrated commitments against corruption and illicit finance through adoption of various instruments. These commitments cover several thematic or subject areas such as illicit finance, asset recovery and international cooperation, business integrity, public integrity and access to information. This paper collates these anticorruption commitments, categorised into eight broad thematic or subject areas.
Contents
1) Introduction
2) List of international commitments
a) Anti-Corruption Agencies and Supreme Audit Institutions
b) Access to Information
c) Asset recovery and international co-operation
d) Business integrity
e) Foreign bribery and lobbying
f) Illicit finance
g) Public integrity
h) Tax, base erosion and profit shifting
i) Other themes
Authors
Jorum Duri, [email protected]
Reviewers
Sofie Arjon Schuette (U4), [email protected]
Matthew Jenkins (TI), [email protected]
Date
20/04/2021