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PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
To provide guidance and assistance for the prevention of and fight against corruption, economic fraud and identity-related crime, UNODC has developed several tools, manuals and publications and is constantly developing new ones with a view to enhancing knowledge of challenges, policies and good practices on the implementation of UNCAC, in particular in line with the needs identified through the Review Mechanism. These tools can be adapted to regional and national needs, upon request.
RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCAC
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
- Travaux Préparatoires of the negotiations for the elaboration of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Legislative Guide for the Implementation of UNCAC
- Technical Guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Comprehensive Self-Assessment Checklist on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (Omnibus software)
- UNDP/UNODC guidance note - UNCAC self-assessments: Going beyond the minimum
- Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruptm
- Basic documents on the Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Country Profiles - outcomes of the Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- TRACK Portal (Tools and Resources for Anti-Corruption Knowledge)
- UNODC Anti-Corruption Legal Library (part of TRACK)
- UN Anti-Corruption Toolkit
- Global Action Against Corruption. The Mérida Papers
THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO UNCAC AND ITS WORKING GROUPS
- Rules of Procedure for the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Documents on the sessions of the Conference of the States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Documents on the sessions of the Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Asset Recovery
- Documents of the sessions of the Open-ended intergovernmental expert meetings to enhance international cooperation under the UNCAC
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention
- International Anti-Corruption Day Campaign materials
- Empowering the Victims of Corruption through Social Control Mechanisms
- Training Videos by the UNCAC Coalition on Civil Society and the UNCAC Review Process
- Building Public Support for Anti-Corruption Efforts - Why Anti-Corruption Agencies Need to Communicate and How
- The United Nations Convention against Corruption: A Strategy for Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events English - French - Russian
- Guidebook on anti-corruption in public procurement and the management of public finances
- Reporting on Corruption: A Resource Tool for Governments and Journalists
- India: Transparency, Objectivity and Competition in Private Public Partnership Projects
- Mexico: Transparency, Objectivity and Competition in Public Procurement
ASSET RECOVERY
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Asset Recovery
- Articles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption on asset recovery: analysis of reported compliance and policy recommendations
- Management of Returned Assets: Policy Considerations
- Towards a Global Architecture for Asset Recovery
- StAR Asset Recovery Watch - a database of Asset Recovery Cases
- Laws and regulations from over 175 jurisdictions on Asset recovery
- For more publications by The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), a partnership between the World Bank Group and UNODC, please also see Asset Recovery On TRACK - Gateway to Asset Recovery Knowledge
- Criminalizing Illicit Enrichment to Fight Corruption
- Corruption and the Misuse of Corporate Vehicles (forthcoming)
- Digest of Asset Recovery Cases (forthcoming)
- Public office, Private interests: accountability through income and asset disclosure
- Mutual Legal Assistance / Asset Recovery Writer Tool (forthcoming)
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- Documents of the sessions of the Open-ended intergovernmental expert meetings to enhance international cooperation under the UNCAC
- The Compendium of International Legal Instruments on Corruption (Second edition)
- Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool
- On-line Directory of Competent National Authorities
- Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition English - French - Spanish - Russian - Arabic - Chinese
- Manual on International Cooperation for the Purposes of Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime English - Spanish
- Handbook on the International Transfer of Sentenced Persons
- Model Law on Extradition (2004) English - French - Arabic
- Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007) English - French - Arabic
- Model Treaty on Extradition (General Assembly resolution 45/116, as amended by General Assembly resolution 52/88) English - French - Spanish - Russian - Arabic - Chinese
- Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (General Assembly resolution 45/117, as amended by General Assembly resolution 53/112) English - French - Spanish - Russian - Arabic - Chinese
- Revised Manuals on the Model Treaties on Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
CORRUPTION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention
- UNODC-UN Global Compact anti-corruption e-learning tool for the private sector
- Anti-corruption Policies and Measures of the Global Fortune 500
- Corruption Prevention to Foster SME Development (UNIDO/UNODC - 2 volumes) Volume 1 - Volume 2
- The United Nations Convention against Corruption: A Strategy for Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events English - French - Russian
- An Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Programme for Business: A Practical Guide English - French - Spanish - Russian
- Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook for Business (OECD/UNODC/World Bank)
- 2011 UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement
- India: Incentives for corporate integrity in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Resource Guide on State Measures for Strengthening Corporate Integrity
- One the Level Business and Government against Corruption
CORRUPTION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTEGRITY
- Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention
- Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct English - French - Spanish
- Resource Guide on Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity English - French - Arabic
- United Nations Handbook on Practical Anti-Corruption Measures for Prosecutors and Investigators
- Handbook on police accountability, oversight and integrity
- Assessment of the Integrity and Capacity of the Justice System in Three Nigerian States, January 2006
- Assessment of Justice Sector Integrity and Capacity in two Indonesian Provinces, 2006
- Judicial Ethics Training Manual for the Nigerian Judiciary
- An Economic and Jurimetric Analysis of Official Corruption in the Courts
- Investigating the Links Between Access to Justice and Governance Factors
QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CORRUPTION
Methodologies:
- Quantitative approaches to assess and describe corruption and the role of UNODC in supporting countries in performing such assessments
- Methodologies, including evidence-based approaches, for assessing areas of special vulnerability to corruption in the public and private sectors
Reports:
- Corruption in Afghanistan: Bribery as reported by the victims (2010)
- Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and trends (2012)
- Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and integrity challenges in the public sector (2013)
- Nigeria: Business survey on corruption - Executive summary
- Western Balkans: Corruption in the western Balkans: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Corruption in Albania: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Corruption in Croatia: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Corruption in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Corruption in Montenegro: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Corruption in Serbia: Bribery as experienced by the population
- Business, Corruption and Crime in the Western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise
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OTHER FORMS OF ECONOMIC CRIME: MATCH-FIXING AND IDENTITY-RELATED CRIME
- Handbook on identity-related crime English - Spanish
- Criminalization approaches to combat match-fixing
RELATED UNODC RESOURCES
Afghanistan : Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and trends