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Decree No. 4.410 promulgating the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, of March 29, 1996, with reservation to art. XI, paragraph 1 c.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002 (2002)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Governance Institution Monitoring Access-to-information Access-to-justice
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree promulgates the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, of March 29, 1996, with reservation to art. XI, paragraph 1 c. The purposes of this Convention are: l. To promote and strengthen the development by each of the States Parties of the mechanisms necessary to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption; and 2. to promote, facilitate and regulate cooperation among the States Parties in order to ensure the effectiveness of measures and actions adopted to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the exercise of public functions, as well as acts of corruption specifically related to their exercise.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br