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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Corruption includes fraudulent use or concealment of property derived from corrupt activities.


Obligations

  • Prevention of Corruption

Election Parts

  • Election Management
  • Voting Operations
  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Partisan and Nonpartisan Observation of Vote Counting and Tabulation
  • Anticorruption Policies Within the Electoral Management Body
  • Prevention of Corruption in Vote Counting
  • Prevention of Corruption and Voting Operations

Criteria

  • The vote-counting process was transparent and observable
  • The electoral management body, as an organ of the state, implemented effective policies to discourage acts of corruption
  • The electoral management body maintained and implemented policies to prevent, address, and penalize acts of corruption, including during the voting process

Quotes

  • This Convention is applicable to the following acts of corruption: d. The fraudulent use or concealment of property derived from any of the acts referred to in this article.
  • This Convention is applicable to the following acts of corruption and related offences: (h) the use or concealment of proceeds derived from any of the acts referred to in this Article.
  • This Protocol is applicable to the following acts of corruption: (g) the fraudulent use or concealment of property derived from any of the acts referred to in this Article.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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