25 Years of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

This year, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions celebrates its 25 th anniversary. Widely regarded as one of the most effective global anti-corruption instruments, the Convention has nevertheless a patchy record of enforcement – dominated by the FCPA in the United States. How did the OECD Convention come into being, and what difference has it made to business or to corruption among public officials? What is the future of the Convention in a world in which trade is less dominated by OECD member state and the USA? This evening features a keynote address from the current acting Chair of the influential OECD Anti-Bribery Working Group and a discussion of the Convention’s past, present and future with an expert panel.