The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) was adopted in Maputo on 11 July 2003 to fight rampant political corruption on the African continent. It represents regional consensus on what African states should do in the areas of prevention, criminalization, international cooperation and asset recovery. Going beyond other similar conventions, the AUCPCC calls for the eradication of corruption in the private and public sector.[1] The Convention covers a wide range of offences including bribery (domestic or foreign), diversion of property by public officials, trading in influence, illicit enrichment, money laundering and concealment of property and primarily consists of mandatory provisions. It also obliges the signatories to introduce open and converted investigations against corruption.[2] Those measures attracted criticism in the Journal of African Law, where Peter Schroth argued that the convention disregards other aspects of the rule of law, like e.g. data protection and the presumption of innocence.[3]
As at 1 January 2020, the treaty was ratified by 43 States and signed by 49.[5]
Referencesedit
^Bello, Akeem Olajide (2014). "United Nations and African Union Conventions on Corruption and Anti-corruption Legislations in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis". African Journal of International & Comparative Law. 22 (2): 308–333. doi:10.3366/ajicl.2014.0094. ISSN 0954-8890.
^Schroth, Peter W. (2005). "The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption". Journal of African Law. 49 (1): 24–38. doi:10.1017/S0021855305000033. JSTOR 27607931. S2CID 145296780.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
External linksedit
"African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption in English, French, and Portuguese". Retrieved 2018-09-06.
Sourcesedit
Hatchard, John (2014). Combating corruption : legal approaches to supporting good governance and integrity in Africa. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN9781781004364. LCCN 2013949805.
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