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Comparison of countries
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Indices
Overall Score:
53 out of 100
Rank:
49 out of 180
Rank:
15 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
31 out of 142
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
74 out of 140
Overall Score:
57 out of 100
Rank:
41 out of 180
Rank:
92 out of 141
Overall Score:
62 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,73 out of 1
Rank:
20 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
103 out of 140
Overall Score:
8,14 out of 10
Rank:
14 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
UN
GRECO
OECD
Cyprus
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • 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.
Czech Republic
  • 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.
Main Legislation
Cyprus
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 100-105А
    (Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος (ΚΕΦ.154), 1959: Άρθρα 100-105Α), (Greek);

  2. Law on the Prevention of Corruption
    (Ο περί Πρόληψης Διαφθοράς Νόμος (КЕФ.161), 1959), (Greek);

  3. Law on Civil Service
    (Ο περί Δημόσιας Υπηρεσίας Νόμος του 1990 (N. 1/1990), (Greek);

  4. Law on Ratification of the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption: Article 4
    (Ο περί της Σύμβασης του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης για την Ποινικοποίηση της Διαφθοράς (Κυρωτικός) Νόμος του 2000 (Ν. 23(III)/2000): Αρθρο 4), (Greek);

  5. Law on Declaration and Control of Property of Certain Publicly Exposed Persons and Certain Officials
    (Ο περί Ορισμένων Δημόσια Εκτεθειμένων Προσώπων και Ορισμένων Αξιωματούχων της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας (Δήλωση και Έλεγχος Περιουσίας) Νόμος του 2004 (Ν. 50(I)/2004)), (Greek);

  6. Law on Illicit Enrichment of Officials
    (Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος (Ο περί Αθέμιτης Κτήσης Περιουσιακού Οφέλους από Αξιωματούχους και Λειτουργούς του Δημοσίου Νόμος του 2004 (N. 51(I)/2004), (Greek);

  7. Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers of Violations of Union and National Laws
    (Ο περί της Προστασίας Προσώπων που Αναφέρουν Παραβάσεις του Ενωσιακού και Εθνικού Δικαίου Νόμος του 2022 (Ν. 6(I)/2022)), (Greek);
  8. Law on the Establishment and Functioning of the Independent Directorate for Combating Corruption
    (O περί της Σύστασης και Λειτουργίας της Ανεξάρτητης Αρχής κατά της Διαφθοράς Νόμος του 2022 (Ν. 19(I)/2022)), (Greek).
Czech Republic
  1. Criminal code: Articles 216, 248, 331-334
    (Trestní zákoník: § 216, 248, 331-334), (Czech);
  2. Law № 159/2006 «Conflict of interest»
    (Zákon č. 159/2006 Sb. O střetu zájmů), (Czech);
  3. 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);
  4. Law № 234/2014 «Civil Service»
    (Zákon č. 234/2014 Sb. O státní službě), (Czech);
  5. Law № 171/2023 «Protection of Whistleblowers»
    (Zákon č. 171/2023 Sb. o ochraně oznamovatelů), (Czech).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Cyprus
  1. Ministry of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus
    (Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης και Δημοσίας Τάξεως), (Greek/English);
  2. Independent Authority against Corruption
    (Ανεξάρτητης Αρχής κατά της Διαφθοράς), (Greek).

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

  2. 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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