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Civil Law & Corruption
Peter Csonka
One of the peculiarities of the Council of Europe approach in the fight against corruption is the possibility to tackle corruption phenomena from a civil law point of view. The basic idea behind such an approach is that, in certain cases (e.g. in competition situations), the party who has suffered damage because of an act of corruption, might be more interested to recover the money lost, than to see the other party, the presumed briber, in prison (although the latter might be a justified moral satisfaction).
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21.05.2004
Global Corruption Report 2004
Transparency International
The GCR 2004 includes reports on:the regulation of political finance worldwide, the disclosure of money flows in politics
the enforcement of political finance laws, the practice of vote buying, the role of the private sector, with a special focus on the arms and oil sectors, efforts to repatriate wealth looted by politicians. It also includes:analysis of the UN Convention against Corruption and EU expansion, detailed assessments of the state of corruption in 34 countries, TI's new Standards on Political Finance and Favours, TI's league table of the world's top 10 embezzlers, TI's key to the best and worst laws regulating politics
TI's assessment of developments in immunity from prosecution
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21.05.2004
ICC Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery
ICC
ICC is extremely pleased to note that since the "1996 Revisions to the ICC Rules" were published, substantial progress has been made in addressing extortion and bribery in international business transactions. Most importantly, the OECD "Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials" (hereafter called the OECD Convention) was signed by 34 countries in Paris on December 17, 1997 and entered into force in 15 February 1999.
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21.05.2004
Inter-American Convention Against Curruption
Organization of American States
OAS -- Organisation of American States. (1996). INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION.
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21.05.2004
Investigation Of Anti-corruption Cases
N. Vittal, Central Vigilance Commissioner
Corruption is the disease of our country. It is almost like AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which affects every part of the body and ultimately weakens resistance mechanism and the immunity of the body so that even a small infection can prove fatal and lead to death.
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21.05.2004
List Of Public Corruption Cases
The Dixieland Law Journal
This list could be the source for many articles. In a brief, you can make the statement that Congressmen are crooked, and then footnote a variety of cases to support that proposition. Or, you can say that some IRS agents are criminals, and cite the ones noted herein. You can cite the Nunan case as a example of a former IRS Commissioner who was convicted of tax evasion.
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01.04.2004
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
OECD
On 21 November 1997, OECD Member countries and five non-member countries, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile and the Slovak Republic, adopted a Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Signature of the Convention took place in Paris on 17 December 1997.
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21.05.2004
Situation Report on Corruption in the Baltic Sea Reagon (PDF)
Baltic Sea Reagon Tast-Force on Organized Crime
At the Riga Summit in 1998 the Task-Force on Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region was
asked to work also with issues related to corruption. Apart from focusing on discovering cases of
corruption in conjunction with other operative measures it was decided on the Task- Force
meeting on 13 December 1999 that a situation report on corruption should be drawn up. The
situation report was adopted by the Task-Force on 17 March 2000 and consequently presented
at the Baltic Sea States Summit on 12-13 April 2000. It was also decided that a Task-Force
clearing house on corruption should be established with the main task to annually produce an
up-dated situation report on corruption in the Baltic Sea Region. Poland was given the mandate
to keep responsibility for the regional clearinghouse on corruption. The work of this body is kept
on the agenda of the Task-Force (the Personal Representatives).
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21.05.2004
United Nations Convention Against Corruption
United Nations
Taking note with appreciation of multilateral instruments to prevent and combat corruption, including, inter alia, the Inter -American Conventionagainst Corruption, adopted by the Organization of American States on 29 March 1996, the Convention on the Fight against Corruption involving Officials of the European Communities or Officials of Member States of the
European Union, adopted by the Council of the European Union on 26 May 1997, the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, adopted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on 21 November 1997, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 27 January 1999, the Civil Law Convention on Corruption, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
on 4 November 1999, and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union on 12 July 2003,
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01.04.2004
Why a Global Programme against Corruption?
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
In many countries, applicants for drivers' licences, building permits and other routine documents have learned to expect a "surcharge" from civil servants. At a higher level, larger sums are paid for public contracts, marketing rights or to sidestep inspections and red tape. However, the consequences of corruption are more pervasive and profound than these bribes suggest. Corruption causes reduced investment or even disinvestment, with many long-term effects, including social polarization, lack of respect for human rights, undemocratic practices and diversion of funds intended for development and essential services.
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