International anti-corruption conventions and other international instruments have been developed at the global, international, regional and sub-regional level. In any given region, several different anti-corruption instruments may apply.
In this section, information about the main inter-governmental anti-corruption agreements is provided by region. For each region, an overview table is provided indicating which countries have signed and ratified the international and regional conventions.
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Global and inter-regional
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- United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
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- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)
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- OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Convention)
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- Revised Recommendation of the Council of the OECD on Combating Bribery in International Business Transactions
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Africa
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- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AU Convention)
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- Southern African Development Community Protocol against Corruption (SADC Protocol)
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- Economic Community Of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (ECOWAS Protocol)
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Americas
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Inter-American Convention against Corruption
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Asia and Pacific region
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- ADB-OECD Action Plan for Asia-Pacific (Action Plan)
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Europe
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- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention
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- Council of Europe Civil Law Convention
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- Resolution (99) 5 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: Agreement Establishing the Group of States against Corruption
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- Resolution (97) 24 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption
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- European Union Convention on the Protection of the Communities' Financial Interests and the Fight against Corruption and two Protocols
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- European Union Convention on the Fight against Corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States
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For more information about the monitoring mechanisms for these conventions, please see the monitoring section.
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