Monitoring Ukraine's implementation of international anti-corruption commitments

Interactive web platform for public control: track Ukraine's progress in fighting corruption

The Institute of Legislative Ideas keeps abreast of Ukraine's implementation of the recommendations it has received, as well as the provisions of key international documents.

This platform, developed and filled by the ILI analysts, will help the public and journalists to stay up-to-date with the latest news and track the real situation in this area.

Currently, this platform contains only a report on Ukraine's implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption. However, we are actively working to provide our detailed analysis of the implementation of the criteria necessary for successful European integration as soon as possible.

We will be grateful for your understanding and patience!

Chapter II of the Convention is devoted to preventive measures that State parties must maintain and develop to obstruct any manifestations of corruption. The chapter spells the creation of different anti-corruption mechanisms like declarations, public procurement. The efficiency of the national anti-corruption system depends on how well this chapter is implemented.

The chapter requires its State parties to establish responsibility for committing criminal offenses. Along with corruption crimes, the Convention establishes actions that will contribute to an effective law enforcement system. The effectiveness of the system of bringing to justice for committing corruption and related offenses depends on the quality of implementation of this chapter.

The chapter stressed the importance of international cooperation in the fight against corruption in all its manifestations.

The chapter provides for the establishment by State parties of a mechanism for the return of assets obtained illegally by corrupt officials. Requirements for internal and external (international) asset recovery instruments are set.

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The Convention requires its State parties to develop and implement effective policy directed on corruption prevention. Chapter II foresees a range variety of measures for both public and private sectors, in particular, starting from the creation of organizational mechanisms to the adoption of codes of conduct, transparency, and accountability.

The Convention confirms the importance of participation of the public in general presented by non-governmental organizations and initiative groups locally which the state must engage in corruption prevention and inform them about problems with corruption.

List of articles:

Art. 5

Preventive anti-corruption body or bodies

Art. 6

Public sector employment

Art. 7.1

Political financing

Art. 7.3

Conflicts of interest and asset declarations

Art. 7, 8, and 12

Reporting mechanism and whistleblower protection

Art. 8.4 and 13.2

Public procurement

Art. 9.1

Management of public finances

Art. 9.2

Access to information and the participation of society

Art. 10 and 13.1

Judiciary

Art. 11.1

Prosecution services

Art. 11.2

Private sector transparency

Art. 12

Measures to prevent money-laundering

Art. 14

The Convention requires the State parties to establish as criminal offenses, a number of acts of corruption, if they are not already considered criminal acts in accordance with domestic law. The criminalization of some of them is mandatory under the Convention. What is new about the Convention against Corruption is that it addresses not only the main forms of this phenomenon, such as bribery and embezzlement of public funds but also actions in support of corruption, obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and concealment and laundering of proceeds of crime.

Chapter IV envisages specific types of international cooperation, such as mutual legal assistance in the collection and transmission of evidence, extradition of criminals, as well as the tracking, freezing, arrest, and confiscation of proceeds of corruption. Unlike previously concluded international treaties, the Convention stipulates mutual legal assistance even in the absence of dual criminality, if such assistance is not related to coercive measures.

Chapter IV.
International cooperation

Chapter V. Asset Recovery

The relevant part of the Convention specifies how cooperation and assistance should be carried out, how the proceeds of corruption should be returned to the requesting State, and how the interests of other victims or legal owners should be taken into account.

List of articles:

Art. 52 and 58

Art. 53, 56 and 54

Measures for direct recovery of property and confiscation tools

Art. 51, 54, 55, 56 and 59

International cooperation for the purpose of confiscation

Public report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption in Ukraine

08.11.2020

Public reports

State report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption in Ukraine

08.11.2020

State reports