Civil Society Report on the Implementation of Chapter II (Prevention) & Chapter V (Asset Recovery) of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption In Pakistan


Pakistan signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) on December 09, 2003 and ratified it on August 31, 2007 with a declaration that the provision of paragraph 2 of Article 66 does not bind it. Moreover, Pakistan also declared that it does not take the Convention as the legal basis for cooperation on extradition with other States parties pursuant to Article 44, paragraph 6. The first review cycle of Pakistan’s compliance with the UNCAC, covering Chapters III on criminalization and law enforcement and IV on international cooperation, was carried out from June 2012 to March 2017. The country review report of the first cycle was approved by the Government of Pakistan but it was not published. Only the Executive Summary was made public, which is required by the procedures of the review process. This report, produced in parallel to the official process, reviews Pakistans implementation of selected articles of Chapter II (Preventive Measures) and Chapter V (Asset Recovery) of the UNCAC. The report is intended as a contribution to the official UNCAC implementation review process currently underway covering these chapters. Pakistan was selected by the UNCAC Implementation Review Group by drawing of lots for review to be conducted in 2019 by Qatar and Kenya, but has been facing delays due to COVID- 19. A draft of this parallel report was provided to the government of Pakistan.