Latvia

Criminal Law: Articles 195, 196, 198, 199, 318-326⁴
(Krimināllikums: 195, 196, 198, 199, 318-326⁴ pants), (Latvian/English);
Law on the State Civil Service
(Valsts civildienesta likums), (Latvian/English);
Law on the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau
(Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja likums), (Latvian/English);
Law on the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest in Activities of Public Officials
(Par interešu konflikta novēršanu valsts amatpersonu darbībā), (Latvian/English);
Law on the Whistleblowing
(Trauksmes celšanas likums), (Latvian/English).

Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau
(Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs), (Latvian/English).

UN

GRECO

OECD

The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.

GRECO’s member since 2000.
The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2001.
The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
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 2014.
The country is undergoing Phase 3 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:

60 out of 100

Rank:

36 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

95 out of 141

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,73 out of 1

Rank:

22 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

69 out of 150

Rank:

107 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

7,67 out of 10

Rank:

26 out of 119

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