Inter-American Convention against Corruption (B-58), 1996

The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted at Caracas, Venezuela, on 29 March 1996 and entered into force on 6 March 1997 for the Member States of the Organization of American States.

The purposes of this convention are:

• To promote and strengthen the development by each of the States Parties of the mechanisms needed to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption; and
• To promote, facilitate and regulate corruption among the States Parties to ensure the effectiveness of measures and actions to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the performance of public functions and acts of corruption specifically related to such performance.

The Spanish version of the text is available at http://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/firmas/b-58.html