GRECO’s member since 2011 (membership ceased from May 1, 2024 following the denunciation of the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption).
The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2007 and was denounced on January 18, 2024.
The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2006 and was denounced on January 18, 2024.
The fourth evaluation round is completed. The status of the evaluation report is confidential. The summary is available here.
Law No. 1/12 of April 18, 2006 «On Combating Corruption and Other Related Offences in the Republic of Benin» (Loi No. 1/12 du 18 Avril 2006 Portant Mesures de Prevention et de Repression de la Corruption et des Infractions Connexes), (French);
Law No. 1/28 of August 23, 2006 «On General Provisions on Civil Servants»: Article 5 (Loi No. 1/28 du 23 août 2006 Portant Statut Général des Fonctionnaires: Article 5), (French);
Law No. 1/37 of December 28, 2006 «On the Establishment, Organisation and Activities of the Special Anti-Corruption Brigade» (Loi No. 1/37 du 28 décembre 2006 Portant Création, Organisation et Fonctionnement de la Brigade Spéciale Anti-Corruption), (French);
Law No. 1/01 of February 4, 2008 «On Public Procurement Code of Burundi»: Article 142 (Loi No. 1/01 du 4 février 2008 Portant Code des Marchés Publics du Burundi: Article 142), (French).
Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus: Article 24.59 (Кодекс Республики Беларусь об административных правонарушениях: статья 24.59), (Russian);
Law of the Republic of Belarus of July 15, 2015 No. 305-3 «On Combating Corruption» (Закон Республики Беларусь «О борьбе с коррупцией» от 15 июля 2015 года № 305-3), (Russian);
Law of the Republic of Belarus of June 1, 2022 No. 175-З «On Civil Service» (Закон Республики Беларусь от 1 июня 2022 г. № 175-З «О государственной службе»), (Russian);
Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of September 12, 2019 No. 619 «On Award and Other Compensations to Natural Persons Facilitating the Detection of Corruption» (Постановление Совета Министров Республики Беларусь от 5 февраля 2016 года № 101 «О выплате вознаграждения и других выплат физическому лицу, способствующему выявлению коррупции»), (Russian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Burundi
Special Anti-Corruption Brigade of the National Police of Burundi (Brigade Spéciale Anti-Corruption de Police Nationale du Burundi), (French);
Anti-Corruption Court (Cour Anti-Corruption), (no official website);
Public Prosecutor's Office of the Anti-Corruption Court (Parquet General de la Cour Anti-Corruption), (no official website).
Belarus
General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Belarus (site created but currently unavailable), (Russian/English).