Anti-Bribery Law in International Business: OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
Anti-Bribery Law in International Business research guide; includes resources on U.S. federal law, foreign law, and international treaties on anti-bribery, as well as scholarship, data and reports, and practical guidance.
Includes the official text of and commentaries on the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the 2009 Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery, the 2009 Recommendation on the Tax Deductibility of Bribes to Foreign Public Officials, and other related documents.
Includes links to reports on countries that have implemented the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, countries’ implementing legislation, and information on steps taken by countries to ratify and implement the convention.
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Includes links to a report on the steps taken by the United States to ratify and implement the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, reports and related materials from the OECD’s review of the United States’ implementation of the convention, and other related materials.
Includes links to other OECD resources on the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
Selected Law Journal Articles
H. Lowell Brown, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Under the 1998 Amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Does the Government’s Reach Now Exceed its Grasp?, 26 N.C. J. Int’l L. & Com. Reg. 239 (2001)
Christopher F. Corr & Judd Lawler, Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t? The OECD Convention and the Globalization of Anti-Bribery Measures, 32 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1249 (1999)
Eric Engle, I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends? Understanding the U.K. Anti-Bribery Statute, By Reference to the OECD Convention and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 44 Int'l Law. 1173 (2010).
Selected Law Firm Memoranda, Reports, and Other Publications
This report summarizes Transparency International’s Exporting Corruption? Country Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, Progress Report 2018.
Provides an overview of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Anti-Bribery Convention), current and emerging issues under it, and the status of its implementation and enforcement.
Describes the major elements of bribery as a criminal act under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption; addresses how the conventions can be introduced into national legislation; and gives practical guidance for monitoring countries’ compliance with and raising awareness of these conventions.