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Comparison of countries
Costa Rica
Iran
Indices
Overall Score:
56 out of 100
Rank:
46 out of 182
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Rank:
105 out of 141
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
28 out of 143
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
Score:
23 out of 100
Rank:
153 out of 182
Score:
0,38 out of 1
Rank:
128 out of 143
Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
104 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
OAS
UN
BRICS
Costa Rica
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the second 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 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Iran
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
SCO
Main Legislation
Costa Rica
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish);

  4. Law No. 10437 «On Protecting of Whistleblowers and Witnesses of Corruption against Retaliation in the Workplace»
    (Ley 10437 de protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales), (Spanish).

Iran
  1. Penal Code: Articles 20, 143 – Corporate criminal responsibility (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اسلامی: المادتان 20 ، 143 - مسئولية الكيانات الاعتبارية), (Persian);
  2. Book Five of the Criminal Code: Articles 91-97 (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (الكتاب الخامس من قانون العقوبات الإسلامي (العقوبات والعقوبات الرادعة): المواد 91-97), (Persian);
  3. Law «On Administrative Offenses» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون رسیدگی به تخلفات اداری), (Persian);
  4. Law «On Increasing Penalties for the Convicted of Bribery, Embezzlement and Fraud»
    (اصلاح و تأیید موادی از لایحه تشدید مجازات مرتکبین ارتشاء اختلاس و کلاهبرداری), (Persian);
  5. Law «On Public Service» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مدیریت خدمات کشوری), (Persian);
  6. Law «On Punishment of Unjust and Illicit Exercise of Influence» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اعمال نفوذ برخلاف حق و مقررات قانونی), (Persian);
  7. Law «On Penalizing the Disruption of the State’s Economic System» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اخلالگران در نظام اقتصادی کشور), (Persian);
  8. Law «On Improving Administrative Discipline and Combating Corruption»​
    (قانون ارتقاء سلامت نظام اداری و مقابله با فساد), (Persian);
  9. Law «On Prohibition of Receiving Commission in Foreign Transactions» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون ممنوعیت اخذ پورسانت در معاملات خارجی), (Persian);
  10. Law «On Prohibition of the Intervention of Ministers and the Members of the Parliament and State Employees in State and National Transactions» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون راجع به منع مداخله وزراء و نمایندگان مجلسین و کارمندان در معاملات دولتی و کشوری), (Persian);
  11. Law «On the Protection of Corruption Whistleblowers»
    (قانون حمایت از گزارشگران فساد), (Persian);
  12. Executive Regulation «On Preventing and Combating Corruption» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (آیین نامه پیشگیری و مبارزه با رشوه در دستگاههای اجرایی), (Persian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
Iran
  1. Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (site created but currently unavailable)
    (وزارت دادگستری), (Persian/English);
  2. Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    (واحد اطلاعات مالی وزارت امور اقتصادی و دارایی), (Persian/English).
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