The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

Bibliographic Data

ID16767281
AuthorsPeter W Schroth (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume49
Issue1
Pages24-38
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0221-8553 • E-ISSN: 1464-3731
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/s0021855305000033
OpenAlexW2155814154
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, which was opened for signature in 2003, contains some innovative and valuable provisions, but also several unacceptable provisions that violate the presumption of innocence, make it too easy to disregard data privacy and threaten good-faith whistleblowers, among others. In addition, the translations are unsatisfactory, to the point that the texts in different languages are significantly different in substance and sometimes contradict one another. Parts of the English text are almost unintelligible. The Convention should be revised before it enters into force

Convention · Innocence · Language change · Law and economics · Linguistics · Political science · Presumption · Presumption of innocence · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy

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