Content of the term “corruption“ in international criminal law

Abstract

The development of the processes of international integration and cooperation has led to the need to develop common rules for interstate interaction aimed at combating corruption crimes that pose a threat not only to national but also to international interests. This paper presents an analysis of the provisions of a number of sources of modern international criminal law on combating corruption. Attention is drawn to the absence in modern international law of a qualitatively formulated definition of corruption, as well as a system of its legally significant features. The absence of this definition creates difficulties in defining a strictly defined list of types of corruption crimes both in international and national criminal law.