HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Hungary
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
42 out of 100
Rank:
76 out of 180
Rank:
76 out of 141
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,51 out of 1
Rank:
73 out of 142
Overall Score:
86 out of 150
Rank:
69 out of 140
Overall Score:
6,45 out of 10
Rank:
55 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
GRECO
OECD
UN
OECD
OAS
Hungary
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • 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 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 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
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
Hungary
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 290-300A, 305, 306
    (2012. évi C. törvénya Büntető Törvénykönyvről: § 290-300A, 305, 306), (Hungarian);

  2. Law CIV of December 11, 2001 «On the Criminal Measures against Legal Persons»
    (2001. évi CIV. törvény a jogi személlyel szemben alkalmazható büntetőjogi intézkedésekről), (Hungarian);

  3. Law on Civil Service
    (2011. évi CXCIX. törvény a közszolgálati tisztviselőkről), (Hungarian)

  4. Law on Complaints, Public Interest Disclosures and Rules of Reporting of Abuses
    (2023. évi XXV. törvény a panaszokról, a közérdekű bejelentésekről, valamint a visszaélések bejelentésével összefüggő szabályokról), (Hungarian).

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
Hungary
  1. Corruption Prevention Police Department of Hungary
    (Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat Korrupciómegelőzési Főosztály), (English), (Hungarian);

  2. Integrity Authority
    (Integritás Hatóság), (Hungarian);
  3. Anti-Corruption Task Force
    (Korrupcióellenes Munkacsoport), (Hungarian/English).
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 

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