The OECD Convention on Bribery
A Commentary

This book provides an in-depth analysis of how states have stepped up their anti-bribery enforcement efforts in the recent past.

Mark Pieth (Edited by), Lucinda A. Low (Edited by), Nicola Bonucci (Edited by)

9781107035744, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 December 2013

860 pages
23.1 x 15.5 x 5.3 cm, 1.34 kg

The OECD Convention on Bribery established an international standard for compliance with anti-corruption rules, and has subsequently been adopted by the thirty-four OECD members and six non-member countries. As a result of the Convention and national implementation laws, companies and managers now risk tough sanctions if they are caught bribing foreign officials. The UK Bribery Act 2010 is only one example of this development. The second edition of this, the only commentary on the Convention, provides law practitioners, company lawyers and academic researchers with comprehensive guidance on the OECD standards. It includes case examples as well as the FCPA Resource Guide 2012 and the 2009 OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials with Annexes I and II.

1. Introduction Mark Pieth
2. Article 1: the offence of bribery of foreign public officials Ingeborg Zerbes
3. Article 2: the responsibility of legal persons Mark Pieth
4. Article 3: sanctions Peter J. Cullen
5. Article 3(3): seizure and confiscation Mark Pieth
6. Article 4: jurisdiction Mark Pieth
7. Article 5: enforcement Peter J. Cullen and Mark Pieth
8. Article 6: statute of limitations Peter J. Cullen
9. Article 7: money laundering Mark Pieth
10. Article 8: accounting Gregory S. Bruch and Akita N. Adkins
11. Articles 9-11: international co-operation Maurice Harari and Delphine Jobin
12. Article 12: monitoring and follow-up Nicola Bonucci
13. Articles 13-17: final provisions Nicola Bonucci
14. The FCPA and the World Bank sanctions system: perspective of a corporate defence counsel Lucinda A. Low
15. A resource guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - the US government's perspective on enforcing the FCPA Philip Urofsky and Hee Won (Marina) Moon.

Subject Areas: Financial law [LNP], Arbitration, mediation & alternative dispute resolution [LNAC5], International criminal law [LBBZ], Public international law [LBB], Law [L]