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Comparison of countries
South Africa
Croatia
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
83 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
46 out of 141
Open Budget 2021
Overall Score:
86 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2023
Overall Score:
0,57 out of 1
Rank:
56 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
118 out of 150
Rank:
16 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
31 out of 119
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023
Overall Score:
50 out of 100
Rank:
57 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
100 out of 141
Open Budget 2021
Overall Score:
64 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2023
Overall Score:
0,61 out of 1
Rank:
45 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
126 out of 150
Rank:
9 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity
Overall Score:
7,39 out of 10
Rank:
32 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
G20
FATF
BRICS
AU
UN
GRECO
South Africa
The United Nations (UN)
  • 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.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2007.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 3 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
  • Member of the FATF since 2003.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
BRICS
  • BRICS Member since 2011.
  • Holds BRICS Presidency in 2023.
African Union (AU)
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2005.
Croatia
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 2000.
  • 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.
International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
Main Legislation
South Africa

  1. Public Service Act 103 of 1994, (English);

  2. Executive Members’ Ethics Act of 1998, (English);

  3. Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000, (English);

  4. Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004, (English);

  5. Public Service Amendment Act 30 of 2007, (English);

  6. Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017, (English);

  7. Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests for Assembly and Permanent Council Members, (English);

  8. Public Service Regulations, (English).

Croatia

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339
    (Kazneni zakon: Članci 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339​), (Croatian);

  2. Act on the Responsibility of Legal Persons for Criminal Offences
    (Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih osoba za kaznena djela), (Croatian/English);

  3. Civil Servants Act
    (Zakon o državnim službenicima), (Croatian/English);

  4. Act on the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Zakon o Uredu za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian/English);

  5. Act on Preventing the Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Office
    (Zakon o sprječavanju sukoba interesa), (Croatian);

  6. Act on the Whistleblowers Protection
    (Zakon o zaštiti prijavitelja nepravilnosti), (Croatian);

  7. Code of Ethics of Civil Servants
    (Etički kodeks državnih službenika), (Croatian).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
South Africa

  1. Investigating Directorate, (English);

  2. Public Service Commission, (English);

  3. Special Investigating Unit, (English);

  4. Special Tribunal, (English).

Croatia

  1. Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian);

  2. Office for Countering Corruption, Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation
    (Ministarstvo pravosuđa, Uprava za europske poslove, međunarodnu i pravosudnu suradnju, Sektor za suzbijanje korupcije), (Croatian);

  3. Commission on Conflict of Interest
    (Povjerenstvo za odlučivanje o sukobu interesa), (Croatian);

  4. Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime​
    (Policijski nacionalni ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian).

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