African Union Convention Combating Corruption

1. Introduction to the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption
2. Regional Anti-Corruption Programme for Africa
3. African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

Sample - African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

The Subject “African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Courses: No to Corruption in international business, Institutions are Leading the African Transformation.

Doctorate in African Business.

Master in Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Languages: or Convention contre la corruption (UA) Convenção contra a corrupção (UA) Unión Africana.

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, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, São Tomé, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia.

The topics covered by the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are bribery, trade influence, criminalization, 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. Criminalization (illicit enrichment)

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

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