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At its special session on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation, held from 2 to 4 June 2021 in New York, the General Assembly adopted the political declaration “Our common commitment to effectively addressing challenges and implementing measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation”. In its paragraph 71, the Political Declaration highlights the importance that Member States attach to tackling corruption in sport and marks a significant shift towards taking a global, joined-up approach on the actions necessary to protect sport from wrongdoing.
The United Nations Convention against Corruption is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument. The Convention's far-reaching approach and the mandatory character of many of its provisions makes it a unique tool for developing a comprehensive response to a global problem.
The Convention covers five main areas: preventive measures, criminalization and law enforcement, international cooperation, asset recovery, and technical assistance and information exchange. The Convention covers many different forms of corruption, such as bribery, trading in influence, abuse of functions, and various acts of corruption in the private sector.
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In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in December 2019, as part of the Eighth Session of the Conference of States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 186 Governments (now counting 187) agreed a new set of commitments aimed at tackling corruption in sport. This was done through the adoption of resolution 8/4 on Safeguarding Sport from Corruption. Resolution 8/4 can be found by following the link to the English version of the Conference Report, page 16-20.
A link to the English version can be found here: Link.
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In Vienna, Austria, in November 2017, as part of the Seventh Session of the Conference of States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 186 Governments (now counting 187) agreed a set of commitments aimed at tackling corruption in sport. This was done through the adoption of resolution 7/8 on Corruption in Sport.
A link to the English version can be found here: Link.
Further to the above calls for effective action, corruption in sport were also addressed by the United Nations General Assembly in several resolutions, namely:
“Reaffirming the importance of Member States, including those that will host such Games and other sporting events in the future, as well as relevant sport-related organizations, federations and associations, as appropriate, enhancing measures to address the risks of corruption related to such events, and in this regard welcoming the conferences on safeguarding sport from corruption, held in Vienna in June 2018 and in September 2019, noting with appreciation the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in this regard, in particular the publication of the Global Report on Corruption in Sport, and noting the efforts of the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport established in 2017;”
Relevant paragraphs on safeguarding sport from corruption include the following:
