HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Uruguay
Slovakia
Indices
Overall Score:
73 out of 100
Rank:
16 out of 180
Overall Score:
6,99 out of 10
Rank:
71 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,72 out of 1
Rank:
25 out of 142
Overall Score:
92 out of 150
Rank:
57 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,83 out of 10
Rank:
20 out of 119
Overall Score:
54 out of 100
Rank:
47 out of 180
Rank:
101 out of 141
Overall Score:
69 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,66 out of 1
Rank:
34 out of 142
Overall Score:
66 out of 150
Rank:
108 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,65 out of 10
Rank:
28 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OAS
UN
GRECO
OECD
Uruguay
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • 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.
Slovakia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the second 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 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 1999.
  • The country is undergoing Phases 3 and 1bis evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The reports are available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
Main Legislation
Uruguay
  1. Criminal Law: Articles 156-162
    (Código Penal N° 9155: Artículos 156-162), (Spanish); 

  2. Law of December 23, 1998 No. 17.060 «On Regulations Regarding Misuse of Public Office (Corruption)»
    (Ley 17.060 de 1998 Dictanse normas referidas al uso indebido del poder público (Corrupción)), (Spanish);

  3. Law of August 25, 2015 No. 19.340 «On the Council for Transparency and Public Ethics»
    (Ley 19.340 de 2015 Junta de Transparencia y Ética Pública JUTEP), (Spanish);

  4. Law of September 25, 2019 No. 19.823 «Code of Ethics for Public Administration»
    (Ley 19.823 de 2019 Código de Ética en la Función Pública), (Spanish);

  5. Comprehensive Law of December 20, 2017 No. 19.574 «On the Fight against Money Laundering»
    (Ley 19.574 de 2017 Ley Integral Contra El Lavado De Activos), (Spanish).

Slovakia
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 328-336d
    (Trestný zákon: § 328-336d), (Slovak);

  2. Constitutional Act No. 357/2004 «On the Protection of Public Interest in the Performance of Offices by Public Officials»
    (Ústavný zákon č. 357/2004 o ochrane verejného záujmu pri výkone funkcií verejných funkcionárov), (Slovak);

  3. Law No. 91/2016 «On Criminal Liability of Legal Persons and on the Amendments to Specific Legislative Acts»
    (Zákon č. 91/2016 o trestnej zodpovednosti právnických osôb a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak);

  4. Law No. 55/2017 «On Public Service and on the Amendments to Certain Laws»
    (Zákon č. 55/2017 o štátnej službe a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak);

  5. Law No. 54/2019 «On the Protection of Persons Reporting Violations of Public Interest and on the Amendments to Specific Acts»
    (Zákon č. 54/2019 o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak);

  6. Decree of the Government of the Slovak Republic of 21 November 2019 No. 400/2019 «On the Code of Ethics of Public Officials»
    (Vyhláška Úradu vlády Slovenskej republiky č. 400/2019, ktorou sa vydáva Etický kódex štátneho zamestnanca), (Slovak).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Uruguay
  1. Council for Transparency and Public Ethics
    (Junta de Transparencia y Etica Publica), (Spanish). 

 
Slovakia
  1. National Criminal Agency
    (Národná Kriminálna Agentúra), (Slovak).

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