General Documents

• OECD Government at a Glance (2011): selected Indicators on Conflict of Interest
• OECD guidelines for managing conflicts of interest in the public service (2005)

Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament

• Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (GPC 15)
• Resolution 316 (2010) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on rights and duties of local and regional elected representatives: the risks of corruption
• Explanatory memorandum on Resolution 316 (2010) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on rights and duties of local and regional elected representatives: the risks of corruption
• Recommendation 60 (1999) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on political integrity of local and regional elected representatives
• GOPAC Handbook on Parliamentary Ethics and Conduct (2009)
• GOPAC Anti-corruption assessment tool for Parliamentarians
• OSCE - Background Study: Professional and Ethical Standards for Parliamentarians
• Parliamentary Codes of Conduct in Europe, an overview, by D. Toornstra (2001)

Corruption prevention in respect of judges and prosecutors

Judiciary (general)

• Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (GPC 1 and 3)
• Recommendation 1896 (2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly on Judicial Corruption
• Report of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on Judicial Corruption (by Mr Kimmo SASI, PACE Doc. 12058)
• Opinion No. 10 of the CCJE on the Council for the Judiciary at the service of society (2007)
• Recommendation R (2000) 10 on codes of conduct for public officials
• International Code for Public Officials, which is to be read in conjunction with Art. 8 para 1-3 and Art. 2 UNCAC
• Transparency International’s 2007 global corruption report: corruption in judicial systems
• United Nations Convention against corruption (2003) (article 11)
• UNCAC legislative guide (extract: paras 98-108)
• UNCAC technical guide (extract: pp 18-27, pp 46-53)

Judges

• Recommendation Rec (2010) 12 of the Committee of Ministers on judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities
• Magna Carta of Judges (CCJE – 2010)
• Venice Commission Report on European Standards as regards the Independence of the Judicial System: Part I – the Independence of Judges (2010)
• Venice Commission Report on Judicial Appointments (2007)
• Opinion No. 18 of the CCJE on the position of the judiciary and its relation with the other powers of state in a modern democracy
• Opinion No. 3 of the CCJE on the principles and rules governing judges’ professional conduct, in particular ethics, incompatible behaviour and impartiality (2002)
• Opinion No. 1 of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) on standards concerning the independence of the judiciary and the irremovability of judges (2001)
• European Charter on the Statute for Judges (1998)
• Draft implementation guidelines for the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, contained in the report of the 6th meeting of the Judicial Integrity Group (2010)
• Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct (2007)
• Bangalore Principles of judicial conduct (2002), ECOSOC 2006/23
• Procedures for the effective implementation of the Basic Principles on Judicial Independence (1989)
• UN Basic Principles on Judicial Independence (1985)

Prosecutors

• Venice Commission Report on European Standards as regards the Independence of the Judicial System: Part II – the Prosecution Service (2010)
• European Guidelines on Ethics and Conduct for Public Prosecutors (“the Budapest Guidelines” - 2005)
• Recommendation Rec(2000)19 of the Committee of Ministers on the Role of Public Prosecution in the Criminal Justice System (and explanatory memorandum)
• Standards of Professional Responsibility and Statement of the Essential Duties and Rights of Prosecutors, CCPCJ Resolution 17/2 on Strengthening the rule of law through improved integrity and capacity of prosecution services, as contained in Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its 17th session, pages 15-21
• Standards of professional responsibility and statement of the essential duties and rights of prosecutors adopted by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP - 1999)
• UN Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors (1990)