TI Guide to the AU Convention: Understanding the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption and Related Offences

The African Union (AU) Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, which was adopted by African Heads of States in July 2003, provides an ideal platform for regional cooperation among African States in the fight against corruption. To promote better understanding of the Convention, TI released an illustrated and easy-to-follow guide on the Convention in 2004. The guide answers the questions “What is Corruption?” and “What You Can Do?”, describes the roots and features of the Convention, in addition to explaining the offences covered by the Convention and obligations of state parties. Readers are also educated on the rights of citizens, civil society and media under the Convention, the rights of those accused of corruption and monitoring. The guide’s author is Akere T. Muna, Chairperson Transparency Cameroon and Member of the TI-AU Convention Working Groupti