Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
| Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
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| Title (engl.): | Criminal Law Convention on Corruption |
| Date: | Jan. 27, 1999 |
| Come into effect: | July 1, 2002 |
| Reference: | ETS No. 173 |
| Reference (German): | Translation D / A / CH |
| Contract type: | Regional (Council of Europe) |
| Legal matter: | Criminal law |
| Signing: | 50 |
| Ratification : | 48 Current status
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| Germany: | Ratification (May 10, 2017) |
| Liechtenstein: | Ratification (December 9, 2016) |
| Austria: | Ratification (September 25, 2013) |
| Switzerland: | Ratification (March 31, 2006) |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The Council of Europe's Criminal Law Convention on Corruption came into force on July 1, 2002. It obliges the contracting parties to prosecute numerous corrupt practices and to protect whistleblowers . It also provides for better international cooperation in the prosecution of bribery offenses. The so-called Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) monitors its implementation . The convention was ratified by 48 states by May 2017.
All member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. Has also Belarus have ratified and Mexico and the United States signed it but not ratified.
Situation in Germany
Due to the unsatisfactory implementation of the GRECO recommendations, the group of states against corruption initiated special proceedings against Germany in 2012. She called for ratification of the agreement, a stricter approach to bribery of parliamentarians and more transparency in party donations. In a “preliminary implementation report” from November 2012, Greco came to the conclusion that Germany had made “no concrete progress”.
As early as 2008, the Scientific Service of the German Bundestag criticized in an opinion on “Legal issues in the context of parliamentary corruption” which was not intended for publication, inadequate criminal regulations against the bribery of parliamentarians . In October 2012 the web platform Netzpolitik.org posted the report on the Internet.
Germany ratified the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption on May 10, 2017.
Footnotes
- ↑ Group of States against corruption (GRECO)
- ↑ GRECO implementation report on Germany 2011 (PDF; 167 kB)
- ^ Federal government threatens new trouble in the fight against corruption In: Der Spiegel , June 25, 2012
- ↑ Sven Becker: Critique of the Council of Europe: Germany fails in the fight against corruption , Der Spiegel , November 28, 2012
- ^ Markus Dettmer: Corruption. Thank you allowed. In: Der Spiegel December 15, 2008
- ↑ netzpolitik.org: We publish the secret report ...