HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Iceland
United Arab Emirates
Indices
Overall Score:
72 out of 100
Rank:
19 out of 180
Rank:
126 out of 141
Overall Score:
64 out of 150
Rank:
113 out of 140
Overall Score:
68 out of 100
Rank:
26 out of 180
Rank:
8 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,64 out of 1
Rank:
37 out of 142
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
UN
BRICS
Iceland
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was accessed in 2011.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2004.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was not ratified.
  • 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 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1992.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
United Arab Emirates
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
Main Legislation
Iceland
  1. General Penal Code of 1940 No.19: Articles 109, 128, 129, 134, 264, 264a
    (№19/1940, Almenn hegningarlög: greinar 109, 128, 129, 134, 264, 264a), (Icelandic);

  2. Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers
    (Lög um vernd uppljóstrara), (исл.);

  3. Code of Conduct for Government Officials
    (Siðareglur fyrir starfsfólk Stjórnarráðs Íslands), (Icelandic).

United Arab Emirates
  1. Federal Decree Law No. (31) of 2021 concerning Crimes and Penal Code: Article 66 – Liability of Juristic Persons, Articles 275-287, (Arabic);

  2. Federal Decree Law No. (49) of 2022 on Human Resources Law in the Federal Government, (English);

  3. Cabinet Resolution No. (48) of 2023 concerning Executive Regulations of Human Resources Law in the Federal Government), (English).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Iceland

1. Office of the Attorney General
(Ríkissaksóknari), (Icelandic/English).

United Arab Emirates

1. Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority, (English);

2. Economic Security Center of Dubai, (English).

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