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4 Afr. Hum. Rts. L.J. 74 (2004)
African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption: A Critical Appraisal

handle is hein.journals/afrhurlj4 and id is 80 raw text is: AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption: A critical appraisal Kolawole Olaniyan* Legal Adviser (Africa), International Law and Organisations Programme, Amnesty International, London Summary This article analyses the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption that was adopted at the African Union summit in Maputo in July 2003. While recognising that the Convention represents a significant step in the efforts to counteract corruption across Africa, the author argues that the strong link between corruption and the violation of human rights is not sufficiently emphasised in the Convention. The Convention also suffers from excessive use of claw-back clauses and lacks a serious and effective mechanism for holding states accountable. The author suggests that the Convention should be amended to become a protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, thus bringing the provisions under the supervision of the African Commission and the African Human Rights Court. 1 Introduction The adoption by the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Convention)1 on 11 July 2003, marked an LLB, BL (Lagos) LLM JSD (Notre Dame); KOlaniya@amnesty.org African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, 11 July 2003, at <http://www.africa-union.org/Officialdocuments/Treaties%20Conventions%/20 Protocols/Convention%20ono20Combatingo20Corruption.pdf>. For the drafting history of the Anti-Corruption Convention, see eg K Olaniyan 'Introductory note to African Union (AU): Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2004) 43 International Legal Materials 1.

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