Strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors to prevent corruption in their own ranks: emerging trends from two years of GRECO Round IV evaluations

Under the auspices of the Austrian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, this one and a half day conference was jointly organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice, the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), and the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), with extra financial support from the Government of Monaco. In addition to taking stock of national experience and main findings in the prevention of corruption in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, it also provided an opportunity to review policies, exchange information on good practices and to identify future action in the light of GRECO’s Fourth Evaluation Round.

The conference opened with a high-level segment which brought together several Ministers and high-level officials. In the following expert sessions, GRECO delegates of all member States worked together with experts and representatives from the different sectors concerned to highlight achievements in the following areas:

  •  prevention of corruption in respect of members of parliament,
  •  prevention of corruption in respect of judges and prosecutors.

The conference brought together around 70 participants from the GRECO member States, as well as those from international organisations and other relevant stakeholders. The working languages were English and French with additional interpretation from/into German provided during the high-level segment.

The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) is a Council of Europe body that aims to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption by monitoring their compliance with anti-corruption standards. It helps states to identify deficiencies in national anti-corruption policies, prompting the necessary legislative, institutional and practical reforms. Currently it comprises 48 European states and the United States of America.

International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) Muenchendorfer Strasse 2, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria 10-11 April 2014
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Documentation

Presentations

Session I – “Politics and Parliament” / « Politique et Parlement »

  • Mr Yves-Marie DOUBLET Deputy Director, Legal Affairs Department, the National Assembly, France / Directeur adjoint, Division des Questions juridiques, Assemblée nationale, France 

Stocktaking of GRECO’s evaluations / Bilan des évaluations du GRECO

  • Ms Jane LEY Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor, US State Department, former Deputy Director, US Office of Government Ethics / Conseillère principale Anti-Corruption, Département d’État américain, ancienne Directrice adjointe, US Office of Government Ethics

 “Organizational integrity as a necessary complement to personal ethics” / « L’intégrité de l’organisation, complément nécessaire de l’éthique personnelle »

  • Ms Melanie SULLY Executive Director, Go-Governance Institute / Directrice exécutive, Go-Governance Institute
    and / et
    Ms Marion BREITSCHOPF Member of the independent transparency Group “My deputies” / Membre du groupe de Transparence indépendant “Meine Abgeordneten” (“Mes députés”) 

“Transparency and Trust: case study Austria” / « Transparence et confiance: étude de cas, l’Autriche »

  • Ms Vita HABJAN BARBORIČ Chief Project Manager for Corruption Prevention, Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, Slovenia / Responsable principale de la prévention de la corruption, Commission pour la prévention de la corruption, Slovénie 

“Holding an MP’s office - a privilege and not an inalienable right” / « Etre titulaire d’un mandat parlementaire : un privilège et non un droit inaliénable »

  •  Mr Marcin WALECKI Chief of ODIHR Democratic Governance and Gender Unit, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) / Chef de l’Unité Gouvernance démocratique et genre au BIDDH, Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE)

“Professional and Ethical Standards for Parliamentarians in OSCE Region” / « Normes professionnelles et éthiques pour les parlementaires de la région de l’OSCE »

  •  Mr Yves-Marie DOUBLET, Deputy Director, Legal Affairs Department, the National Assembly, France 

“The ethics of French Parliamentarians” / « La déontologie des parlementaires français »

Session II – “Judges and Prosecutors” / « Juges et Procureurs »

  • M. Christian MANQUET Head of Unit, Directorate for Penal Legislation, Federal Ministry of Justice, Austria, Vice-President of GRECO / Chef d’Unité, Direction pour la législation pénale, Ministère fédéral de la Justice, Autriche, Vice-Président du GRECO 

Stocktaking of GRECO’s evaluations / Bilan des évaluations du GRECO

  • M. Gerhard REISSNER President of the Austrian Association of Judges, Member and former President of the CCJE, President of the IAJ  / Président de l’Association autrichienne des Juges, Membre et ancien Président du CCJE, Président de l’IAJ

 “The contribution of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) and the International Association of Judges (IAJ) to the fight against corruption” / « La contribution du Conseil consultatif des juges européens (CCJE) et de l’International Association of Judges (IAJ) dans la lutte contre la corruption »

  • Mr Rainer HORNUNG First Prosecutor, Director of the German Judicial Academy / Premier procureur, Directeur de l’École de la magistrature allemande“

Uniform and transparent procedures for the appointment, promotion and evaluation of judges and prosecutors” / « Des procédures uniformes et transparentes pour la nomination, la promotion et l’évaluation des juges et des procureurs » 

  • Mr Duro SESSA Associate Justice at the Supreme Court of Croatia / Juge associé à la Cour suprême de la Croatie 

“Codes of judicial ethics – example from Croatia” / « Codes d’éthique judiciaire – l’exemple de la Croatie »

  • Ms Kitty NOOY National Programme Manager, Chief District Prosecutor, Prosecution Service Integrity Bureau, the Netherlands  / Responsable de programme national, Procureur en chef de district, Bureau pour l’intégrité des services de poursuite, Pays-Bas 

“A balanced approach between prevention and repression” / « Une approche équilibrée entre la prévention et la répression »

  • Ms Anita LEWANDOWSKA Judge, Deputy Director, Department of Courts, Ministry of Justice, Poland / Juge, Directrice adjointe, Service des Tribunaux, ministère de la Justice, Pologne 

“Polish experience during implementation of GRECO’s recommendations related to judges and prosecutors in the Fourth Evaluation Round” / « L’expérience polonaise durant la mise en oeuvre des recommandations du Quatrième Cycle d’Evaluation du GRECO relative aux juges et aux procureurs »

CONCLUSIONS

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