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Integrity and prevention of corruption Act.

Country/Territory
Slovenia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Framework law Governance Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Institution Procedural matters Access-to-justice Public participation
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Act shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.
Abstract

For the purpose of enhancing the rule of law, this Act lays down measures and methods to strengthen integrity and transparency, to prevent corruption and to avoid and eliminate conflicts of interest. The purpose of this Act shall be achieved by carrying out the following: 1. Ensuring the independent fulfilment of the functions set out by the Constitution and the law by reducing and preventing corruption and by supervising the incompatibility of an office with other offices and activities; 2. Promoting and strengthening the capacity of individuals and institutions to assume responsibility for the development of integrity and, in so doing, prevent and detect corruption by implementing the resolution governing the prevention of corruption, preparing expert opinions and standards of good practice, offering training assistance, raising awareness, and planning for and assessing integrity at all levels; 3. Promoting and strengthening transparency within the processes and procedures of exercising public authority in the performance of public functions and the management of public affairs by supervising the possession of and acceptance of gifts by officials, by preventing and eliminating conflicts of interest and corrupt practices, and by supervising lobbying activities; 4. Ensuring the transparency of lobbying so as to promote good practices and restrict and sanction unethical lobbying practices by defining the conditions for the carrying out of lobbying activities within public sector operations; 5. Promoting and strengthening the detection, prevention and elimination of corrupt practices by protecting the persons reporting them; 6. Promoting, supporting and strengthening cooperation and professional assistance in preventing and combating corruption at the international level by meeting the international obligations of the Republic of Slovenia; 7. Promoting and enhancing cooperation between state bodies and self-governing local community bodies, public sector organizations, persons vested with public authority, civil society institutions, the media, and legal and natural persons in raising the level of integrity in the Republic of Slovenia and preventing corruption and assisting the state in dealing effectively with all types of corrupt practices by establishing the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption and providing the conditions necessary for its operation as an autonomous and independent state body in order to strengthen integrity and suppress corruption and by determining its tasks and competences. Among public sector, where this Act so provides, it shall also apply to the private sector.

Full text
Slovenian
Website
pisrs.si