OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

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The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention is an international agreement that obliges signatory countries to criminalize and actively combat the bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf OECD convention ⓘ
international anti-corruption convention ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ⓘ
linked to: OECD
adoptionDate 1997-11-21 ⓘ
aimsTo create a level playing field in international business by eliminating foreign bribery ⓘ
articleCountApproximate 17 articles ⓘ
category international treaty on business ethics ⓘ
discourages tax deductibility of bribes to foreign public officials ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1999-02-15 ⓘ
focusesOn bribery of foreign public officials rather than domestic officials ⓘ
supply side of bribery ⓘ
fullName Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
hostOrganizationHeadquarters Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalNature legally binding instrument ⓘ
monitoringBody OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions ⓘ
monitoringMechanism country evaluation reports ⓘ
peer review system ⓘ
negotiatedUnder OECD ⓘ
obligesParties to extradite persons for foreign bribery where applicable ⓘ
to investigate and prosecute foreign bribery ⓘ
to maintain jurisdiction over foreign bribery committed abroad by certain nationals or entities ⓘ
to maintain jurisdiction over foreign bribery committed in whole or in part in their territory ⓘ
to provide mutual legal assistance in foreign bribery cases ⓘ
openedForSignature 1997-12-17 ⓘ
partyType OECD member states ⓘ
linked to: OECD

non-OECD states adhering to the convention ⓘ
primaryObjective combat bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions ⓘ
prohibits bribery of foreign public officials to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage ⓘ
relatedInstrument OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions ⓘ
United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
requires accounting and auditing standards that prevent bribery-related practices ⓘ
criminalization of bribery of foreign public officials ⓘ
effective detection and reporting of foreign bribery ⓘ
effective enforcement of foreign bribery laws ⓘ
establishment of effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for foreign bribery ⓘ
liability of legal persons for foreign bribery ⓘ
protection of the confidentiality of investigations ⓘ
scopeIncludes active bribery of foreign public officials ⓘ
bribery in international business transactions ⓘ
shortName OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ
subjectMatter anti-corruption ⓘ
criminal law harmonization ⓘ
international economic law ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act → relatedTo → OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ
OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions → legalBasis → OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions ⓘ
linked to: OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention monitoring reports → appliesTo → OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention → fullName → Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions ⓘ
linked to: OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention → shortName → OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ
UK Bribery Act 2010 → relatedTo → OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ