Corruption is a significant issue in the legal profession in many jurisdictions; say the results of a survey being released today by the IBA, in cooperation with OECD and UNODC
The findings of a major global survey of private legal practitioners, released at the 2010 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada, show widespread concern amongst lawyers about corruption in the legal profession and a lack of awareness of key international anti-corruption instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
The findings of a major global survey of private legal practitioners, released at the 2010 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada, show widespread concern amongst lawyers about corruption in the legal profession and a lack of awareness of key international anti-corruption instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
According to the survey, 40 percent of respondents had never heard of these instruments, which directly impacts the work of private legal practitioners.At the same time, the IBA survey also found that in many jurisdictions well over half of the lawyers surveyed identified corruption as an issue in the legal profession in their own country. More than one in five said they had been approached to take part in what they believed could be a corrupt transaction. And, one in three said they had lost business to corrupt law firms or individuals.
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