Working Paper 20: Corruption and human rights
Keywords:
human rights, corruption, anti-corruption laws, human rights violationsAbstract
It is a fact that states with a high corruption rate (or a high corruption perception) are at the same time those with a bad human rights situation. Beyond this coincidence, the paper seeks to identify a concrete legal relationship between corruption and deficient human rights protection. This seems relevant and practical terms, because the extant international norms against corruption have so far yielded only modest success; their implementation could be improved with the help of human rights arguments and instruments.
This paper therefore discusses a dual question:
- Can corrupt behaviour be conceptualised as a human rights violation?
- Should corrupt behaviour be categorised and sanctioned as a human rights violation?
The author's answer is that such a juridic reconstruction is plausible under specific conditions, especially for petty corruption, but that we should be aware of the risks of such reframing of the issue.
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