Merida Convention

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The Merida Convention is a landmark United Nations treaty that sets global standards for preventing, criminalizing, and combating corruption through international cooperation and asset recovery.

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instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
international anti-corruption convention ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
abbreviation UNCAC ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2003-10-31 ⓘ
adoptionMethod UN General Assembly resolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Merida Convention ⓘ
UN Convention against Corruption ⓘ
category United Nations treaty ⓘ
anti-corruption law ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 2005-12-14 ⓘ
hasMainPillar asset recovery ⓘ
criminalization and law enforcement ⓘ
international cooperation ⓘ
prevention ⓘ
technical assistance and information exchange ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus legally binding treaty ⓘ
monitoringBody Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
namedAfter Merida, Yucatán, Mexico ⓘ
officialName United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt Merida, Yucatán, Mexico ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn 2003-12-09 ⓘ
placeOfAdoption New York City, United States ⓘ
requiresStatesTo adopt measures for asset recovery and return ⓘ
criminalize bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organizations ⓘ
criminalize bribery of national public officials ⓘ
criminalize embezzlement of public funds ⓘ
criminalize laundering of proceeds of crime related to corruption ⓘ
establish anti-corruption preventive measures ⓘ
promote integrity and transparency in public administration ⓘ
scope global ⓘ
setsGlobalStandardsFor combating corruption ⓘ
criminalizing corruption ⓘ
international cooperation in corruption cases ⓘ
preventing corruption ⓘ
recovery of proceeds of corruption ⓘ
shortName UNCAC ⓘ
sponsoredBy United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
subjectMatter asset recovery ⓘ
criminalization of corruption ⓘ
international cooperation against corruption ⓘ
prevention of corruption ⓘ
technical assistance and information exchange ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber A/RES/58/4 ⓘ

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