Documents, publications and tools

RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCAC

United Nations Convention against Corruption (in English , Spanish or Portuguese)

Legislative Guide for the Implementation of UNCAC (in English or Spanish)

Techinical Guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (in English)

State of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption - Criminalization, Law Enforcement and International Cooperation (in English or Spanish)

Criminalization and Law Enforcement: The Pacific's Implementation of Chapter III of the UN Convention against Corruption (in English)

International Cooperation: The Pacific's Implementation of Chapter IV of the UN Convention against Corruption (in English)

UNDP/UNODC guidance note - UNCAC self-assessments: Going beyond the minimum

Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

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)

Global Action against Corruption: the Merida Papers (in English or Spanish)

Partnering in Anti-Corruption Knowledge (PACK): A Guidance Note for Development Partners (in English)

The Institutional Integrity Initiative: The relevance of the United Nations Convention against Corruption to the UN System (in English)

National Anti-Corruption Strategies - A Practical Guide for Development and Implementation (in English)

THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO UNCAC AND ITS WORKING GROUPS

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 (in English )

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

Guidebook on anti-corruption in public procurement and the management of public finances (in English )

2011 UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement

Reporting on Corruption: A Resource Tool for Governments and Journalists (in English)

India: Transparency, Objectivity and Competition in Private Public Partnership Projects (in English)

Mexico: Transparency, Objectivity and Competition in Public Procurement (in English)

Resource Guide on Good Practices in the Protection of Reporting Persons - Whistleblower Protection (in English or Spanish)

National Anti-Corruption Strategies - A Practical Guide for Development and Implementation (in English or Spanish)

The United Nations Convention against Corruption: A Strategy for Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events (in English)

Training Materials - Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events

Procurement and Corruption in Small Island Developing States: Challenges and Emerging Practices (in English)

On the Take: Criminalizing Illicit Enrichment to Fight Corruption (in English )

Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector: Good Practices Guide (in English)

Corruption and COVID-19: challenges in facing and recovering from the crisis (in Portuguese

Accountability and the Prevention of Corruption in the allocation and distribution of emergency economic rescue packages in the context and aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (in English)

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 (in English)

Laws and regulations from over 175 jurisdictions on Asset recovery

StAR Asset Recovery Watch - a database of Asset Recovery Cases

Digest of Asset Recovery Cases (in English)

Effective management and disposal of seized and confiscated assets (in English)

Stolen Asset Recovery: A Good Practices Guide for Non-Conviction Based Asset Forfeiture (in English)

For publications by The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), a partnership between the World Bank Group and UNODC, please see Asset Recovery On TRACK - Gateway to Asset Recovery Knowledge

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Documents of the sessions of the Open-ended intergovernmental expert meetings to enhance international cooperation under the UNCAC

Compendium of International Legal Instruments on Corruption (Second Edition) (in English)

Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool

On-line Directory of Competent National Authorities

Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition (in English or Spanish)

Manual on International Cooperation for the Purposes of Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime (in English or Spanish)

Handbook on the International Transfer of Sentenced Persons (in English)

Model Law on Extradition (2004) (in English or Spanish)

Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007) (in English or Spanish)

Model Treaty on Extradition (General Assembly resolution 45/116, as amended by General Assembly resolution 52/88) (in English or Spanish)

Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (General Assembly resolution 45/117, as amended by General Assembly resolution 53/112) (in English or Spanish)

Revised Manuals on the Model Treaties on Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (in English)

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 Fortune Global 500 - PDF file (in English) and Highlights (in Portuguese)

Corruption Prevention to Foster SME Development (UNIDO/UNODC - 2 volumes) ( Volume 1 - Volume 2 in English)

An Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Programme for Business: A Practical Guide (in English or Spanish)

Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook for Business - PDF file (in English or Spanish)

India: Incentives for corporate integrity in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (in English)

A Resource Guide on State Measures for Strengthening Corporate Integrity (in English or Spanish)

On the Level: Business and Governments against Corruption (in English)

Toolkit of Private Sector Outreach Materials

The Puppet Masters "How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do About It"

Business Social Responsibility in Combating Corruption - PDF file (in English, Portuguese and Spanish)

You can stop corruption (booklet) - PDF file (in Portuguese)

An Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Programme for Business: A Practical Guide (in English)

CORRUPTION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Corruption, Environment and the United Nations Convention against Corruption (in English)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTEGRITY

Documents on the sessions of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention

Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct - PDF file (in English, Spanish or Portuguese)

Resource Guide on Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity (in English or Spanish)

Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity (in English)

Assessment of the Integrity and Capacity of the Justice System in Three Nigerian States, January 2006 (in English)

A ssessment of Justice Sector Integrity and Capacity in two Indonesian Provinces, 2006 (in English)

Judicial Ethics Training Manual for the Nigerian Judiciary (in English)

An Economic and Jurimetric Analysis of Official Corruption in the Courts (in English)

Investigating the Links Between Access to Justice and Governance Factors (in English)

Judicial Integrity in Kosovo (in English )

UNCAC Article 11 Implementation Guide and Evaluative Framework (in English or Spanish

Handbook on Anti-Corruption Measures in Prisons  (in English )

QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CORRUPTION

Methodologies:

Manual on Corruption Surveys (in English)

Quantitative approaches to assess and describe corruption and the role of UNODC in supporting countries in performing such assessments (in English)

Methodologies, including evidence-based approaches, for assessing areas of special vulnerability to corruption in the public and private sectors (in English)

Reports:

Speak up for Health: Guidelines to enable whistle-blower protection in the health-care sector (in English

State of Integrity: A guide on conducting corruption risk assessments in public organizations (in English)

Corruption in Afghanistan: Bribery as reported by the victims (2010) (in English)

Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and trends (2012) (in English)

Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and integrity challenges in the public sector (2013) (in English)

Nigeria: Business survey on corruption - Executive summary (in English)

Western Balkans: Corruption in the western Balkans: Bribery as experienced by the population (in English)

Corruption in Albania: Bribery as experienced by the population (in English)

Corruption in Croatia: Bribery as experienced by the population (in English)

Corruption in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Bribery as experienced by the population (in English)

Corruption in Montenegro: Bribery as experienced by the population  (in English)

Corruption in Serbia: Bribery as experienced by the population (in English)

Business, Corruption and Crime in the Western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise (in English)

Read more about UNODC data and analysis on the following link  http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/index.html?ref=menuside)Policy

OTHER FORMS OF ECONOMIC CRIME: MATCH-FIXING AND IDENTITY-RELATED CRIME

Handbook on identity-related crime (in English or Spanish)

Criminalization approaches to combat match-fixing (in English)

UNODC-IOC Model Criminal Law Provisions for the Prosecution of Competition Manipulation Booklet (in English)

UNODC-IOC Study: Criminal Law Provisions for the Prosecution of Competition Manipulation (in English)

Resource Guide on Good Practices in the Investigation of Match-Fixing (in English or Spanish)

MONEY-LAUNDERING

Advisory services

Tools/field support

2005  UNODC and IMF Model-Legislation on Money-Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (in English)

2009  Model Provisions for Common Law Legal Systems on Money-Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Preventive Measures and the Proceeds of Crime (in English)

For more model laws, please click here

Key Features of the International Money-Laundering Information Network (IMoLIN)

Risk of Money Laundering through Financial Instruments - PDF file (in English)

UN Instruments and Other Relevant International Standards on Money-Laundering and Terrorist Financing

RELATED UNODC RESOURCES

The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto

Tools and publications on Organized Crime

UNODC on money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism

The Role of Corruption in the Smuggling of Migrants - PDF file (In English)

Training manual on alternative dispute resolution and restorative justice - PDF file (in English)

 

SPORTS-RELATED CORRUPTION

Investigation of Cases of Competition Manipulation: A Practical Guide (in English or Portuguese)

A practical guide to the prosecution of cases of competition manipulation (in English or Portuguese)

IPACS Legal Approaches to Tackling Bribery in Sport (in English or Portuguese)

IPACS Task Force 4 Tackling Bribery in Sport: An overview of relevant laws and standards (In English)

G20 Accountablity Report (English)

Crime, corruption and wrongdoing in the transfer of football players and other athletes (in English)

UNODC Global Report on Corruption in Sport (in English)

Legal Approaches to Tackling the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (in English)

G-20 High Level Principles in Tackling Corruption in Sports  (in English)

Ensuring that integrity is at the core of sport's response to the pandemic: Preventing corruption in sport and manipulation of competitions(in English)

Safeguarding Sport from Corruption Conference 2019 - Conference report (in English)

Reporting Mechanisms in Sport: A Practical Guide for Development and Implementation  (in English)

The United Nations Convention against Corruption: A Strategy for Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events (in English)

Criminalization approaches to combat match-fixing and illegal/irregular betting: a global perspective (in English)

UNODC-IOC Model Criminal Law Provisions for the Prosecution of Competition Manipulation Booklet (in English)

UNODC-IOC Study: Criminal Law Provisions for the Prosecution of Competition Manipulation (in English)

Resource Guide on Good Practices in the Investigation of Match-Fixing (in English)

Integrity in Sport: Thematic Compilation of Prevention-related Information (in English)