African Union (Preventing Corruption)

Description: Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (African Union).

The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption entry into force in 2006.

Thirty-four African Countries are members of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The countries that have not signed the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia.

The topics covered by the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are bribery, trade influence, criminalisation, immunity for public officials, money laundering, asset recovery, property rights, public tenders, foreign companies, unfair competition, and witness protection.

The Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption covers the public and private sector, and the supply and demand side of business.

The obligations of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are:

1. Preventive measures (asset declaration, codes of conduct, access to information, standard accounting, and independence of authorities)
2. Criminalisation (illicit enrichment)

The Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption does not include provision on sanctions

The Executive Secretary is Ms Djenna Diarra.

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