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Comparison of countries
Canada
Nicaragua
Indices
Overall Score:
75 out of 100
Rank:
16 out of 182
Rank:
28 out of 141
Overall Score:
74 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,79 out of 1
Rank:
13 out of 143
Overall Score:
93 out of 150
Rank:
53 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,83 out of 10
Rank:
21 out of 119
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
175 out of 182
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,33 out of 1
Rank:
139 out of 143
Overall Score:
111 out of 150
Rank:
24 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,43 out of 10
Rank:
96 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
G20
APEC
FATF
OAS
UN
OAS
Canada
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1999.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2010.
  • The documents adopted under Canada’s Presidency are available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2000.
Nicaragua
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1999.
Main Legislation
Canada
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 119-121, 122-125, 426, (English/French);

  2. Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act 1998, (English/French);

  3. Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act 2005, (English/French);

  4. Conflict of Interest Act 2006, (English/French);

  5. Directive on Conflict of Interest, (English/French).

 
Nicaragua

1. Political Constitution: Articles 129-131, 264
(Constitución Política: Artículos 129-131, 264), (Spanish);

2. Criminal Code: Articles 281-283, 445-450, 452-459
(Código Penal: Artículos 281-283, 445-450, 452-459), (Spanish);

3. Civil Service Probity Law
(Ley de Probidad de Los Servidores Públicos), (Spanish);

4. Law on Amendments to Law No. 735, Law on the Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime and on the Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Abandoned Assets
(Ley De Reformas A La Ley No. 735, Ley de Prevención, Investigación y Persecución del Crimen Organizado y de la Administración de los Bienes Incautados, Decomisados y Abandonados), (Spanish);

5. Code of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants in the Executive Branch of Government
(Código de Conducta Ética de los Servidores Públicos del Poder Ejecutivo), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Canada
  1. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (English/French);

  2. Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, (English/French);

  3. Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, (English/French).

  4. Canadian Conflict of Interest Network, (English/French).

Nicaragua

1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).

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