Since 1994 the world witnessed numerous attempts of different governments and international organisations to attract attention to a negative impact of corruption. International organisations, governments and private sector have understood that corruption is serious obstacle for effective governance, economic growth and national and international stability. The barest necessity in international and national anti-corruption legislations had appeared. The results of these attempts become adoption of serious and efficient documents which regulate and prevent corruption risks. The main object of all international anti-corruption conventions is the assistance to states and society understand a guileful essence of corruption and potential damage which can be caused to the global well-being; and also provide the society with effective measures implemented by other states on revealing and curbing corruption, formation of intolerant attitude towards it.
For today, the Republic of Kazakhstan is not a participant of any international anti-corruption convention. Transparency Kazakhstan carries out constant and system work on paying attention of the state to the problem of urgent need of signing these documents, their ratification and bringing national legislation in correspondence with them.
Main anti-corruption conventions:
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
Criminal Law Convention on corruption
Civil Law Convention on Corruption
