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Comparison of countries
Sri Lanka
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
32 out of 100
Rank:
121 out of 180
Rank:
50 out of 141
Overall Score:
37 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,51 out of 1
Rank:
75 out of 142
Overall Score:
131 out of 150
Rank:
4 out of 140
Overall Score:
5,01 out of 10
Rank:
86 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
UN
OECD
OAS
Sri Lanka
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2004.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
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
Sri Lanka
  1. Penal Code: Articles 158-161 (unofficial source), (English);
  2. Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law, (English);
  3. Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023, (English);
  4. Integrity Handbook, (English);
  5. Handbook on Gift Rules, (English);
  6. Handbook of Conflict of Interest, (English);
  7. Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Circular No. 01/2024 «Declaration of Assets and Liabilities in terms of Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023», (English).
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
Sri Lanka
  1. Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, (English);
  2. Permanent High Court at Bar, (no official website).
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
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