Law-ref.org United Nations Convention against Corruption
Site search

participation [Global Index]


ARTICLE-5: Preventive anti-corruption policies and practices     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system, develop and implement or maintain effective, coordinated anticorruption policies that promote the participation of society and reflect the principles of the rule of law, proper management of public affairs and public property, integrity, transparency and accountability. ...
... 4. States Parties shall, as appropriate and in accordance with the fundamental principles of their legal system, collaborate with each other and with relevant international and regional organizations in promoting and developing the measures referred to in this article. That collaboration may include participation in international programmes and projects aimed at the prevention of corruption. ...


ARTICLE-9: Public procurement and management of public finances     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) The establishment, in advance, of conditions for participation, including selection and award criteria and tendering rules, and their publication; ...


ARTICLE-13: Participation of society     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Participation of society ...
... 1. Each State Party shall take appropriate measures, within its means and in accordance with fundamental principles of its domestic law, to promote the active participation of individuals and groups outside the public sector, such as civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations, in the prevention of and the fight against corruption and to raise public awareness regarding the existence, causes and gravity of and the threat posed by corruption. This participation should be strengthened by such measures as: ...
... 1. Each State Party shall take appropriate measures, within its means and in accordance with fundamental principles of its domestic law, to promote the active participation of individuals and groups outside the public sector, such as civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations, in the prevention of and the fight against corruption and to raise public awareness regarding the existence, causes and gravity of and the threat posed by corruption. This participation should be strengthened by such measures as: ...


ARTICLE-23: Laundering of proceeds of crime     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) Participation in, association with or conspiracy to commit, attempts to commit and aiding, abetting, facilitating and counselling the commission of any of the offences established in accordance with this article. ...


ARTICLE-26: Liability of legal persons     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary, consistent with its legal principles, to establish the liability of legal persons for participation in the offences established in accordance with this Convention. ...


ARTICLE-27: Participation and attempt     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Participation and attempt ...
... 1. Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as a criminal offence, in accordance with its domestic law, participation in any capacity such as an accomplice, assistant or instigator in an offence established in accordance with this Convention. ...


ARTICLE-60: Training and technical assistance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... and costs of corruption in their respective countries, with a view to developing, with the participation of competent authorities and society, strategies and action plans to combat corruption. ...


ARTICLE-63: Conference of the States Parties to the Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The Conference of the States Parties shall adopt rules of procedure and rules governing the functioning of the activities set forth in this article, including rules concerning the admission and participation of observers, and the payment of expenses incurred in carrying out those activities. ...