Czech Republic

Criminal code: Articles 216, 248, 331-334
(Trestní zákoník: § 216, 248, 331-334), (Czech);
Law № 159/2006 «Conflict of interest»
(Zákon č. 159/2006 Sb. O střetu zájmů), (Czech);
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);
Law № 234/2014 «Civil Service»
(Zákon č. 234/2014 Sb. O státní službě), (Czech);
Law № 171/2023 «Protection of Whistleblowers»
(Zákon č. 171/2023 Sb. o ochraně oznamovatelů), (Czech).

Office for Combating Organized Crime, Police of the Czech Republic
(Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu služby kriminální policie a vyšetřování Policie České republiky), (Czech);
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).

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GRECO

OECD

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.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

Overall Score:

57 out of 100

Rank:

41 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

92 out of 141

Open Budget 2023

Overall Score:

62 out of 100

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,73 out of 1

Rank:

20 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

71 out of 150

Rank:

101 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

8,14 out of 10

Rank:

14 out of 119

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