Embarrassing isolation. Germany is one of just three EU, three G20 and four OECD countries that has not ratified UNCAC. Click map for full version.
With India’s ratification of UNCAC this month, Germany is one of the last three G20-countries to have not ratified the UN Convention against Corruption, together with Japan and Saudi-Arabia. This is not only embarrassing; it also undermines the credibility of Germany’s efforts to fight corruption at international level, hampering the government’s ability to create a level playing field for German companies in international anti-corruption negotiations, even while these companies will find themselves on the radar of German prosecution for bribing abroad.
Many people from abroad ask me disbelievingly why Germany does not ratify.
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