The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe and its Importance for the Criminal Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria Cover Image

Наказателната конвенция относно корупцията на Съвета на Европа и значението ѝ за наказателната политика на Република България
The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe and its Importance for the Criminal Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Author(s): Mariya Mihaylova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe; Bulgarian Criminal Law; Bribery in the Private Sector
Summary/Abstract: The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe (in force since 2002) plays an important role in shaping the country‘s penal policy in the field of anti-corruption. The very criminalization of bribery in the private sector in Bulgarian criminal law is caused by and the result of the implementation of the commitments of our state under this convention.