International Standards
United Nations (UN)
– United Nations Convention against Corruption
– UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
– UN Convention on Torture
– International Bill of Human Rights
– Bangkok Declaration
– UN Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions
– Action against Corruption
INTERPOL
– Global standards to combat corruption in police forces/services
INTOSAI
– Code of Ethics & Auditing Standards
Transparency International (TI)
– Corruption Perceptions Index
– Bribe Payers Index
– Global Corruption Barometer
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
– OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
– Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
–OECD Recommendation on Improving Ethical Conduct in the Public Service (1998)
Council of Europe (CoE)
– Criminal Law Convention on corruption (STE No. 173)
– Civil Law Convention on corruption (STE No. 174)
– Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 191)
– Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (ETS No. 141)
– Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)
– Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (ETS No. 189)
– Recommendation No. R (2003) 4 on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns
– Recommendation No. R (2000) 10 on codes of conduct for public officials and Model code of conduct for public officials
– Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty Guiding Principles for the fight against corruption
– Council of Europe Recommendation on the Protection of Whistleblowers (2014)
– GRECO Model Code of Conduct for Public Officials
– GRECO Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption
– The European Code of Police Ethics
– Opinion of the Commissioner for Human Rights concerning Independent and Effective Determination of Complaints against the Police
European Union (EU)
– Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests including the Protocols
– Convention on the Fight against Corruption Involving Officials of the European Communities or Officials of Member States of the European Union
– Council Framework Decision on Combating Corruption in the Private Sector
– Communication on a Comprehensive EU Policy against Corruption
African Union (AU)
– African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
– Economic Community of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption
– Economic Community of West African States Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security
Organization of American States (OAS)