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THE OAS HOLDS A NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION
CONFERENCE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

  August 23, 2002

A National Conference on “The Adjustment of the Dominican Criminal Legislation to the Inter-American Convention against Corruption” will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 30, 2002

The meeting is being organized in collaboration with the Department of Prevention of Administrative Corruption of the Attorney General Office; the Institutional and Justice Foundation (FINJUS); and the Pontifical Catholic University.

This National Conference is part of a hemispheric initiative of the Organization of American States (OAS), in compliance with the mandates of the Summit of the Americas and of the OAS General Assembly aimed at promoting the adjustment of national criminal legislation to the provisions of the Convention and facilitate, as well, its application and implementation.

Participants will examine a report prepared specifically for the meeting, and review draft legislation that will serve as a foundation for the discussions of the Conference.

The cooperative initiative for the ratification and implementation of the Convention falls within the scope of the program the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the OAS launched in 1997 to implement and facilitate the effective application of this treaty in the Americas.

The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted in Caracas, Venezuela, in March 1996 and entered into force a year later. To date it has been ratified by 27 out of the 34 active Member States.

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INFORMATION ON ANTI-CORRUPTION QUESTIONNAIRE


Reference: E-172/02