UNCAC

UN Convention against Corruption

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention against Corruption in 2003. The objectives of the Convention are to promote measures that will prevent and combat corruption efficiently and effectively and to encourage and enhance international cooperation.  The Convention is structured around four fundamental components of tackling corruption on an international scale.

• Preventive Measures
• Criminalisation
• International Cooperation
• Asset Recovery

Ireland was one of 94 States who signed the UN Convention against Corruption in Merida, Mexico in 2003. The Government of Ireland is fully committed to its implementation and Irish Government delegations participated in the first two Conferences of States Parties.  The International community is strengthening its efforts to implement the UN Convention and it entered into force on 14 December 2005. Ireland ratified the Convention in November 2011.