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The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding international anti-corruption multilateral treaty. Negotiated by member states of the United Nations (UN) it was adopted by the UN General Assembly in October 2003 and entered into force in December 2005.
The main objective of the organization is to promote the effective implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 31 October 2003, and to assist anti-corruption authorities in the world in preventing and fighting against corruption. Currently, over 160 ACAs from different countries and ...
The rules take account of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption signed in Mérida, Mexico on 9 December 2003. [21] There are nine rules of conduct for business "of a general nature", to be accepted on a voluntary basis and applied through self-regulation within the context of the national laws on bribery which apply to each business ...
U.S. Army civil affairs efforts went through four different designations - the UN Public Heath and Welfare Detachment; the United Nations Civil Assistance Command (UNCAC); the United Nations Civil Assistance Command, Korea (UNCACK); and the Korea Civil Assistance Command (KCAC). [1] The term 8201st Army Unit was also frequently used.
The United Nations Convention against Corruption of the United Nations, in force since 14 December 2005. The Inter-American Convention against Corruption of the Organization of American States, in force since 6 March 1997. The Civil Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe, adopted 4 November 1999.
The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (IACAC) was adopted by the member countries of the Organization of American States on 29 March 1996; it came into force on 6 March 1997. It was the first international convention to address the question of corruption. According to Article II of the convention's text, it has two goals:
In 2007, it was reported that the following nine countries had legal gaps relating to this Convention and United Nations Convention against Corruption.: [5] Algeria, Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, and Uganda. As at 1 January 2020, the treaty was ratified by 43 States and signed by 49. [6]
The convention is open to accession by any country which is a member of the OECD or has become a full participant in the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions. As of 2018, 46 countries (the 38 member countries of the OECD and 8 non-member countries) have ratified or acceded to the convention: [ 10 ]