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Comparison of countries
Croatia
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
47 out of 100
Rank:
63 out of 180
Rank:
100 out of 141
Overall Score:
67 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,61 out of 1
Rank:
45 out of 142
Overall Score:
126 out of 150
Rank:
8 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,39 out of 10
Rank:
32 out of 119
Overall Score:
58 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
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:
29 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
UN
OECD
OAS
Croatia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
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 executive summary 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.
Main Legislation
Croatia
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339
    (Kazneni zakon: Članci 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339​), (Croatian);

  2. Act on the Responsibility of Legal Persons for Criminal Offences
    (Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih osoba za kaznena djela), (Croatian), (English);

  3. Civil Servants Act
    (Zakon o državnim službenicima), (Croatian), (English);

  4. Act on the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Zakon o Uredu za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian), (English);

  5. Act on Preventing the Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Office
    (Zakon o sprječavanju sukoba interesa), (Croatian);

  6. Act on the Whistleblowers Protection
    (Zakon o zaštiti prijavitelja nepravilnosti), (Croatian);

  7. Code of Ethics of Civil Servants
    (Etički kodeks državnih službenika), (Croatian).

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).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Croatia
  1. Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian/English);

  2. Office for Countering Corruption of the Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice
    (Sektor za suzbijanje korupcije Uprave za europske poslove, međunarodnu i pravosudnu suradnju Ministarstva pravosuđa), (Croatian);

  3. Commission on Conflict of Interest
    (Povjerenstvo za odlučivanje o sukobu interesa), (Croatian);

  4. Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime​
    (Policijski nacionalni ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian).

Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
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