The UN Convention Against Corruption

Abstract

This chapter covers the UN Convention Against Corruption’s development, politics, disputes, and resolution concerning its monitoring. The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has worldwide membership and an extremely comprehensive scope, making it the pre-eminent instrument for combating global corruption. UNCAC covers a wide range of criminal offenses, domestic and foreign, public and private. It also provides extensive preventive measures, such as codes of conduct for public officials, rules on public procurement, management of public finances, independence of the judiciary, and prevention of money laundering. UNCAC also provides measures for international cooperation, including extradition, mutual legal assistance in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings, asset recovery, and technical assistance.