Judicial Procedures for Punishing Corruption Crimes - Research on Procedural Issues of the UN Convention Against Corruption

Author: Wu Gaoqing / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The UN Convention against Corruption is the first legal document in the history of the UN to guide international anti-corruption efforts. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the accession to the Convention on October 27, 2005, making China a contracting party to the Convention. The Convention officially entered into force for China on December 14, 2005. The Convention particularly emphasizes the anti-corruption purpose of "preventing and combating corruption more effectively and strongly," laying an international legal foundation for ultimately forming China's overall strategic framework for anti-corruption, strengthening international anti-corruption cooperation, and improving China's relevant legal mechanisms. Based on the framework of the UN Convention against Corruption, this book explains the procedural issues stipulated in the Convention, analyzes the flaws and shortcomings of China's relevant legal systems, and proposes positive recommendations for improving China's punitive procedures for corruption crimes, including establishing specialized anti-corruption agencies, refining special procedural rules for corruption crimes, building international cooperation mechanisms for anti-corruption enforcement, joint investigations, judicial assistance, extradition, monitoring asset transfers, and recovering corrupt assets.