Legal instruments and other texts adopted by the Council of Europe bodies
Council of Europe Conventions
- Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 173)
- Civil Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 174)
- Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 191)
Committee of Ministers
- Recommendation No. R (2017) 2 on the legal regulation of lobbying activities in the context of public decision making
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 on the Protection of Whitsleblowers, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 30 April 2014 and explanatory memorandum
- Recommendation No. R (2003) 4 on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns
- Recommendation No. R (2000) 10 on codes of conduct for public officials, including a Model code of conduct for public officials (in appendix) - Explanatory Memorandum
- Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty Guiding Principles for the fight against corruption
- Programme of action against corruption (adopted by the Committee of Ministers, 18-21 November 1996, at its 578th Session)
Parliamentary Assembly
- Threat to Europe from economic crime (Doc. 7971, 22 December 1997) Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development
- Role of parliaments in fighting corruption (Doc. 8652, 18 February 2000) Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development
- Role of parliaments in fighting corruption (5 April 2000) Resolution 1214 (2000)
Congress of local and regional authorities of Europe
- Recommendation 60 (1999) on political integrity of local and regional elected representatives
- Resolution 79 (1999) on political integrity of local and regional elected representatives
- Recommendation 86 (2000) on the financial transparency of political parties and their democratic functioning at regional level
- Resolution 105 (2000) on the financial transparency of political parties and their democratic functioning at regional level
Conclusions of conferences and high level meetings
- European Conferences of Services Specialised in the Fight against Corruption
- Conferences of European Ministers of Justice
- High level meetings of Ministries of the Interior
Web resources
National Anti-Corruption Authorities
European and International organisations
Non-governmental organisations
Research Institutes and Centres
Anti-corruption platform (PACE)
Elections: the Council of Europe’s role
Action against economic crime (Council of Europe)
Events (Council of Europe)