HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Honduras
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
23 out of 100
Rank:
154 out of 180
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,41 out of 1
Rank:
119 out of 142
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
76 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,47 out of 10
Rank:
93 out of 119
Overall Score:
55 out of 100
Rank:
45 out of 180
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Rank:
105 out of 141
Overall Score:
63 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
29 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
100 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OAS
UN
OECD
OAS
Honduras
  • 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.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1998.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2018.
Costa Rica
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Main Legislation
Honduras

1. Criminal Code: Articles 415-421, 474-481, 484-486, 490-497, Articles 417, 511 – Liability of Legal Persons
(Código Penal: Artículos 415-421, 474-481, 484-486, 490-497, Artículos 417, 511 – Responsabilidad de las Personas Jurídicas), (Spanish);

2. Code of Civil Servants Ethics
(Código de Conducta Ética del Servidor Público), (Spanish).

Costa Rica
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Honduras

1. Public Prosecutor’s Office
(Ministerio Público), (исп.);

2. Department of the Supreme Court of Auditors for Integrity and Ethics
(Tribunal Superior de Cuentas Dirección de Probidad y Ética), (Spanish);

3. Anticorruption National Council
(Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción), (Spanish).

Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 

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