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Comparison of countries
Czech Republic
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
56 out of 100
Rank:
46 out of 180
Rank:
92 out of 141
Overall Score:
62 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,74 out of 1
Rank:
20 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
103 out of 140
Overall Score:
8,14 out of 10
Rank:
14 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
OECD
UN
OECD
OAS
Czech Republic
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2013.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2002.
  • 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 OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2000.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The 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
Czech Republic
  1. Criminal code: Articles 216, 248, 331-334
    (Trestní zákoník: § 216, 248, 331-334), (Czech);
  2. Law № 159/2006 «Conflict of interest»
    (Zákon č. 159/2006 Sb. O střetu zájmů), (Czech);
  3. Law № 418/2011 «Criminal liability of legal persons and proceeding against them»
    (Zákon č. 418/2011 Sb. O trestní odpovědnosti právnických osob a řízení proti nim), (Czech);
  4. Law № 234/2014 «Civil Service»
    (Zákon č. 234/2014 Sb. O státní službě), (Czech);
  5. Law № 171/2023 «Protection of Whistleblowers»
    (Zákon č. 171/2023 Sb. o ochraně oznamovatelů), (Czech).
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
Czech Republic
  1. Office for Combating Organized Crime of the Police of the Czech Republic
    (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu služby kriminální policie a vyšetřování Policie České republiky), (Czech);

  2. Department for Conflict-of-Interest Management and Countering Corruption, Ministry of Justice
    (Odboru střetu zájmů a boje proti korupci v rámci Sekce dohledu a justice na Ministerstvu spravedlnosti), (Czech).

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

 
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