The Problem of Corruption in International Criminal Law and Multi Ethnic Society

Abstract

The corruption is very often official criminal offence. These are very diverse forms of manifest to show of duty abuse. The corruption include two criminal offences : the giving bribe (active bribery) and the receiving bribe (passive bribery). All the modern criminal codes are prescribed these criminal offences with stern penalties. Also, many international organisations (UN, Council of Europe, European Union etc.) have brought more international legal acts against corruption and their perpetrators. These international legal acts and activity of these international political and safety organisations and other special organisations have made of ground for organise and systematic combat against corruption. In this paper the author has analysed characteristics of these international legal acts and activity of international community against corruption.