Benin

Criminal Code: Articles 335-346, 357-359, 360-362, 368, 375
(Code Pénal: Articles 335-346, 357-359, 360-362, 368, 375), (French);
Law No. 2011-20 of October 12, 2011 «On Combating Corruption and Other Related Offences in the Republic of Benin»
(Loi No. 2011-020 Portant Lutte Contre la Corruption et Autres Infractions Connexes en République du Bénin), (French);
Law No. 2015-18 of January 17, 2018 «On the General Status of the Civil Service»: Article 20
(Loi No. 2015-18 du 17 janvier 2018 portant statut général de la fonction publique: Article 20), (French);
Law No. 2020-09 of April 23, 2020 «On the Creation, Mission, Organisation and Functioning of the High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption in the Republic of Benin»
(Loi No. 2020-09 du 23 avril 2020 portant création, mission, organisation et fonctionnement du Haut-Commissariat à la prévention de la corruption en République du Bénin), (French);
Decree No. 2020-601 of December 23, 2020 «On the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct in Public Procurement»
(Décret No. 2020-601 portant code d’éthique et déontologie dans la commande publique), (French);
Decree No. 2022-040 of January 19, 2022 «On the Establishment of the Complaints and Whistleblower Processing and Analysis Unit under the President of the Republic»
(Décret No. 2022-040 du 19 janvier 2022 portant création à la Présidence de la République, d'une Cellule d'analyse et de traitement des plaintes et dénonciations), (French);
Decree No. 2022-388 of July 13, 2022 «On Approving the Code of Ethics and Values for the Public Administration»
(Décret No. 2022-388 du 13 juillet 2022 portant approbation du code d'éthique et des valeurs de l'Administration publique), (French).

High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption in the Republic of Benin
(Haut-Commissariat à la prévention de la corruption en République du Bénin), (no official website);
Complaints and Whistleblower Processing and Analysis Unit
(Cellule d’Analyse et de Traitement des Plaintes et Dénonciations), (French).

The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2004.
The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.

The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2007.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

Overall Score:

43 out of 100

Rank:

70 out of 180

Open Budget 2023

Overall Score:

79 out of 100

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,48 out of 1

Rank:

90 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

52 out of 150

Rank:

130 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

5,25 out of 10

Rank:

84 out of 119

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