The United Nations Convention Against Corruption

Cecily Rose is an assistant professor of public international law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University. Before joining the Grotius Centre she worked as an associate legal officer at the International Court of Justice and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and in private practice. She holds a LL.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and B.A. (English) from Yale. Michael Kubiciel is a professor of german, european and international criminal law at the University of Augsburg/Germany. His main fields of work are fraud/corruption, corporate crime and the internationalization of criminal law. In the last ten years he has acted as a consultant for several international organizations regarding anti-corruption policies, written several book-chapters, articles and a book in that field and has contributed to the official Technical Guide to UNCAC and the EU Anti-Corruption Report. Before joining the law faculty in Augsburg, Kubiciel worked professor at the University of Cologne, as an assistant professor at the University of Regensburg, as senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and as associate in the Düsseldorf office of Wessing Rechtsanwälte.Oliver Landwehr is a senior legal and policy officer at the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). Prior to that he was a legal officer at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna. He mainly works on the evaluation of national anti-corruption legislation in the framework of the Implementation Review Mechanism of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Prior to coming to UNODC, he worked as a référendaire (law clerk) in the chambers of two judges at the General Court of the EU, as a lecturer at King's College London School of Law and in private practice in an international law firm.

• Cecily Rose, Michael Kubiciel, and Oliver Landwehr: IntroductionPreambleCHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONSCecily Rose: Article 1. Statement of purposeCornelia Spoerl: Article 2. Use of termsChristina Binder and Jane Hofbauer: Article 3. Scope of applicationChristian Pippan: Article 4. Protection of sovereigntyCHAPTER II: PREVENTIVE MEASURESIndira Carr: Article 5. Preventive anti-corruption policies and practicesIndira Carr: Article 6. Preventive anti-corruption body or bodiesJulio Bacio-Terracino: Article 7. Public sectorJulio Bacio-Terracino: Article 8. Codes of conduct for public officialsYseult Marique: Article 9. Public procurement and management of public financesSope Williams-Elegbe: Article 10. Public reportingWilleke Slingerland: Article 11. Measures relating to the judiciary and prosecution servicesDavid Hess: Article 12. Private sectorMerryl Lawry-White: Article 13. Participation of societyBadr El Banna: Article 14. Measures to prevent money-launderingCHAPTER III: CRIMINALIZATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENTMichael Kubiciel: Article 15. Bribery of national public officialsMichael Kubiciel: Article 16. Bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organizationsCecily Rose: Article 17. Embezzlement, misappropriation or other diversion of property by a public officialAlloysius Llamzon: Article 18. Trading in influenceCecily Rose: Article 19. Abuse of functionsOliver Landwehr: Article 20. Illicit enrichmentMichael Kubiciel: Article 21. Bribery in the private sectorDavid Hess: Article 22. Embezzlement of property in the private sectorBadr El Banna: Article 23. Laundering of proceeds of crimePhilip Fitzgerald: Article 24. ConcealmentPhilip Fitzgerald: Article 25. Obstruction of justiceLeonardo Borlini: Article 26. Liability of legal personsMichael Kubiciel and Cornelia Spoerl: Article 27. Participation and attemptMichael Kubiciel and Cornelia Spoerl: Article 28. Knowledge, intent and purpose as elements of an offenceCecily Rose: Article 29. Statute of limitationsThea Coventry: Article 30. Prosecution, adjudication and sanctionsGuillermo Jorge: Article 31. Freezing, seizure and confiscationFrank Zimmerman: Article 32. Protection of witnesses, experts and victimsAlexander Baur: Article 33. Protection of reporting personsOlaf Meyer: Article 34. Consequences of acts of corruptionAbiola Makinwa: Article 35. Compensation for damageWilleke Slingerland: Article 36. Specialized authoritiesPhilip Nichols: Article 37. Cooperation with law enforcement authoritiesPhilip Nichols: Article 38. Cooperation between national authoritiesPhilip Nichols: Article 39. Cooperation between national authorities and the private sectorOliver Landwehr: Article 40. Bank secrecyRob Currie: Article 41. Criminal recordCedric Ryngaert and Friederycke Haijer: Article 42. JurisdictionCHAPTER IV: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONRob Currie: Article 43. International cooperationNeil Boister: Article 44. ExtraditionNeil Boister: Article 45. Transfer of sentenced personsDimosthenis Chrysikos: Article 46. Mutual legal assistanceFrank Zimmermann: Article 47. Transfer of criminal proceedingsSaskia Hufnagel: Article 48. Law enforcement cooperationFrank Zimmermann: Article 49. Joint investigationsDimosthenis Chrysikos: Article 50. Special investigative techniquesCHAPTER V: ASSET RECOVERYJean Pierre Brun: Article 51. General provisionBadr El Banna: Article 52. Prevention and detection of transfers of proceeds of crimeJean Pierre Brun: Article 53. Measures for direct recovery of propertyRadha Ivory: Article 54. Mechanisms for recovery of property through international cooperation in confiscationRadha Ivory: Article 55. International cooperation for purposes of confiscationBadr El Banna: Article 56. Special cooperationPinar Olcer: Article 57. Return and disposal of assetsPinar Olcer: Article 58. Financial intelligence unitBadr El Banna: Article 59. Bilateral and multilateral agreements and arrangementsCHAPTER VI: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION EXCHANGELeonardo Borlini: Article 60. Training and technical assistanceLeonardo Borlini: Article 61. Collection, exchange and analysis of information on corruptionLeonardo Borlini: Article 62. Other measures: implementation of the Convention through economic development and technical assistanceCHAPTER VII: MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATIONPhilippa Webb and Oliver Landwehr: Article 63. Conference of the States Parties to the ConventionOliver Landwehr: Article 64. SecretariatCHAPTER VIII: FINAL PROVISIONSOliver Landwehr: Article 65. Implementation of the ConventionChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 66. Settlement of disputesChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 67. Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accessionChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 68. Entry into forceChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 69. AmendmentChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 70. DenunciationChristian Tams and Julian Scheu: Article 71. Depositary and languages