COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS OF THE FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION 

FORMAT FOR THE COUNTRY REPORTS THAT WILL BE PREPARED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FIRST ROUND[1]

May 24, 2002 

In accordance with the provision in article 25 and 28 of the Rules of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Implementation of the Convention, the format of the country reports that will be prepared in the first round of review, be the following:

             INTRODUCTION 

            In this section, the report shall identify the reviewed State Party, it shall briefly describe its legal-institutional structure in accordance with the constitutional order and reference will be made, to the date of ratification of the Convention and to the date the State became a party to the Mechanism. 

I.                    SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION RECEIEVED 

In this section a summary will be done of the information received for the review of the implementation of the selected provisions of the Convention by the corresponding State Party.  

II.                  REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THE STATE PARTY OF THE PROVISIONS SELECTED 

In this section, in accordance with the methodology adopted by the Committee, the implementation by the State Party of the provisions selected in the framework of the first round will be reviewed. 

To this effect, this chapter of the country reports will have the following format: 

1.       Standards of conduct and mechanisms to enforce them (Article III, paragraph 1 and 2) 

2.       Systems for registering income, assets and liabilities (Article III, paragraph 4). 

3.       Oversight Bodies (In relation with the selected provisions). 

4.       Mechanisms to encourage participation by civil society and non-governmental organizations (Article III, paragraph 11). 

5.       Assistance and Cooperation (Article XIV) 

6.       Central Authorities (Article XVIII) 

In relation with each one of the selected provisions above, within the first round, the following criteria shall be used in accordance with the methodology. 

1.       Existence of a legal framework and/or of other measures. 

2.       Adequacy of the legal framework and/or other measures. 

3.       Results of the legal framework and/or of other measures. 

III.                CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

In this last section the levels of progress in the implementation of the Convention will be reviewed and in the preparation of the conclusions and recommendations, subgroups and the plenary Committee shall use the criteria established in items III (a), (b) and VIII of the Methodology.

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[1] This document was adopted by the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, in its second meeting, held May 20 to 24, 2002, at OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.