Research 57 ILIC 2019

Abstract:  Corruption is at the forefront of the international community’s attention, given the gravity of its gravity and threats to stability, civil peace, social cohesion, values and ethics systems in the world, and perhaps the response of the international community to addressing its great dangers is most evident in the efforts of international organizations, Its efforts culminated in the conclusion of the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003, which today constitutes a legal framework from which States derive their systems and regulations for the prevention, combating and punishment of related acts. However, the policy of confronting corruption is not limited to countries only, because it is a phenomenon that is created within the facilities and administrative bodies that take care of the affairs of society, leaving behind its adverse repercussions among its different sectors. On this basis, the state’s awareness was about the involvement of civil society organizations in their national strategy to confront and combat these Serious phenomenon.
In this regard, several countries, including Algeria, have emphasized the principle of the participation of civil society in tackling corruption crimes, and the establishment of methods of exercising this role in their legislation for the prevention and control of these crimes. Algeria issued Law No. 06/01 of 20 February 2006 on Against corruption, which provided for a range of preventive and punitive measures and measures in line with the United Nations Convention against Corruption. This study aims to highlight the importance of the participation of civil society in the prevention and combating of corruption crimes, in view of its complementary role to the governmental role in this regard by defining the legal framework for its participation in addressing corruption crimes and the mechanisms used in this field. Civil society in carrying out this vital role, and we will review all of this through the relevant legislative policy in Algeria, using the legal texts contained in international documents.
Keywords:Corruption crimes, transparency, civil society, anti-corruption mechanisms, awareness and sensitization.