- The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
- The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
HungaryMain Legislation
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Criminal Code: Articles 290-300A, 305, 306
(2012. évi C. törvénya Büntető Törvénykönyvről: § 290-300A, 305, 306), (Hungarian); -
Law CIV of December 11, 2001 «On the Criminal Measures against Legal Persons»
(2001. évi CIV. törvény a jogi személlyel szemben alkalmazható büntetőjogi intézkedésekről), (Hungarian); -
Law on Civil Service
(2011. évi CXCIX. törvény a közszolgálati tisztviselőkről), (Hungarian) -
Law on Complaints, Public Interest Disclosures and Rules of Reporting of Abuses
(2023. évi XXV. törvény a panaszokról, a közérdekű bejelentésekről, valamint a visszaélések bejelentésével összefüggő szabályokról), (Hungarian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
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Corruption Prevention Police Department of Hungary
(Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat Korrupciómegelőzési Főosztály), (Hungarian/English); - Integrity Authority
(Integritás Hatóság), (Hungarian); - Anti-Corruption Task Force
(Korrupcióellenes Munkacsoport), (Hungarian/English).
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
- GRECO’s member since 1999.
- The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2001.
- The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
- The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
- The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1998.
- The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
- Party to IACA since 2011.
Indices
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
82 out of 180
Rank:
76 out of 141
Overall Score:
22 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,51 out of 1
Rank:
73 out of 142
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
76 out of 140
Overall Score:
6,45 out of 10
Rank:
55 out of 119
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