NPCSC Decision on Ratifying the "UN Convention on Corruption"
Major Law
Additional Laws and Regulations
Short Summary
The ratification takes a permitted reservation from the terms of Article 66, paragraph 2. That provision reads:
2. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention that cannot be settled through negotiation within a reasonable time shall, at the request of one of those States Parties, be submitted to arbitration. If, six months after the date of the request for arbitration, those States Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those States Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in accordance with the Statute of the Court.
Title (Chinese)
全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于批准《联合国反腐败公约》的决定
Body (Chinese)
(2005年10月27日通过)第十届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十八次会议决定:批准于2003年10月31日在第58届联合国大会上通过的《联合国反腐败公约》;同时声明:中华人民共和国不受《联合国反腐败公约》第六十六条第二款的约束。