Global Standards to Combat Corruption in Police Forces/Services

• Author: George Kurian
• Pages: 1128-1130

Contenidos

• GLOBAL STANDARDS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN POLICE FORCES/SERVICES.
• Article 1.
• Objectives.
• Definitions.
• Article 3.
• Principles.
• Article 4.
• Measures.
• Article 5.
• Review.

Page 1128

SOURCE http://www.interpol.org/Public/corruption/standard/Default.asp.

INTRODUCTION In 1998 Interpol's General Secretariat held the First International Conference on Corruption-Related Crimes. One of the recommendations made during the Conference was the formation of a group that would shape and carry out the agency's anti-corruption strategy. The Interpol Group of Experts on Corruption (IGEC) is made up of representatives from the regions that Interpol serves, and one of their accomplishments was the draft of "Interpol's Global Standards to Combat Corruption." The standards were adopted by Interpol in 2002.

GLOBAL STANDARDS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN POLICE FORCES/SERVICES

Article 1

Objectives

To ensure that the police forces/services of each Member State of Interpol have high standards of honesty, integrity and ethical behaviour in and in connection with the performance of their policing functions.

To promote and strengthen the development by each Member State of Interpol of measures needed to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the police forces/services within its national boundaries and to bring to justice police officers and other employees of police forces/services who are corrupt.

Definitions

Corruption includes:

The solicitation or acceptance, whether directly or indirectly, by a police officer or other employee of a police force/service of any money, article of value, gift, favour, promise, reward or advantage, whether for himself/herself or for any person, group or entity, in return for any act or omission already done or omitted or to be done or omitted in the future in or in connection with the performance of any function of or connected with policing.

The offering or granting, whether directly or indirectly, to a police officer or other employee of a police force/service of any money, article of value, gift, favour, promise, reward or advantage for the police officer or other employee or for any person, group or entity in return for any act or omission already done or omitted or to be done or omitted in the future in or in connection with the performance of any function of or connected with policing.

Any act or omission in the discharge of duties by a police officer or other employee of a police force/service which may improperly expose any person to a charge or conviction for a criminal offence or may improperly assist in a person not being charged with or being acquitted of a criminal offence.

The unauthorized dissemination of confidential or restricted police information whether for reward or otherwise.

Any act or omission in the discharge of duties by a police officer or other employee of a police force/service for the purpose of obtaining any money, article of value...