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hentry category-uncategorized-en tag-en_gb" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope> <div class="inside-article"> <header class="entry-header" aria-label="Content"> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Transparency and integrity at the Assembly</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2022-07-16T21:20:48+03:00" itemprop="dateModified">16.07.2022</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-07-13T21:12:27+03:00" itemprop="datePublished">13.07.2022</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://website-pace.net/author/admin/" title="View all posts by admin" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">admin</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <div id="maincontent" class="aui-wleft portlet-column portlet-column-first col-left"> <div id="layout-column_column-1" class="portlet-dropzone portlet-column-content portlet-column-content-first"> <div id="p_p_id_56_INSTANCE_Ly1EhKnydmfF_" class="portlet-boundary portlet-boundary_56_ portlet-static portlet-static-end portlet-borderless portlet-journal-content"><span id="p_56_INSTANCE_Ly1EhKnydmfF"></span></p> <div class="portlet-body"> <div class="portlet-borderless-container"> <div class="portlet-body"> <div id="article_10154_10643_4742020_1.0" class="journal-content-article"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="/documents/10643/524026/External+Investigation+Body/b51a2e34-dde5-4dfb-81f7-e1effdd3fb01?t=1498558865351" alt="Transparency and integrity at the Assembly" width="550" height="200" /></p> <h2></h2> <div class="article"> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Assembly has a framework for ensuring the transparency of its work and the accountability and integrity of its members, in place for many years. This was significantly improved in 2017 and is regularly updated, ensuring that members act in line with the highest ethical standards.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Code of Conduct spells out what is expected of members, lays down the procedure for investigating alleged breaches of the rules, and steps to be taken in the event of non-compliance:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="/documents/10643/375483/CodeOfConduct-EN.pdf">Code of conduct for members</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Members of the Assembly taking part in the observation of national elections are also expected to follow a set of guidelines:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="/documents/10643/436801/GuidelinesElectionObservation-EN.pdf/81adc9f1-f750-4336-9a24-952da2f87506">Guidelines for the observation of elections</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Under the Code of Conduct, all members are expected to submit an annual <a href="/documents/10643/4757889/DecIntForm-BIL.pdf/a2526080-71a9-4b75-9ce0-78499c3b758b">declaration of interests</a> (<a href="/documents/10643/4757889/DecIntExplanatory-EN.pdf/c6790ae4-c000-4f37-aa64-fc94dd76ec49">explanatory note</a>). These declarations appear on the Assembly web-page of the individual member concerned, and are updated.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Assembly rapporteurs, at the moment they are appointed by a committee, must also declare the absence of any conflict of interest. These declarations are noted in the lists of decisions (<em>synopses</em>) of the <a href="/en_GB/web/apce/committees">committee</a> meeting during which the appointment is made.</p> </div> </div> <div class="entry-links"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="aui-wright portlet-column portlet-column-last col-right"> <div id="layout-column_column-2" class="portlet-dropzone portlet-column-content portlet-column-content-last"> <div id="p_p_id_56_INSTANCE_bLltn7iM5X3f_" class="portlet-boundary portlet-boundary_56_ portlet-static portlet-static-end portlet-borderless portlet-journal-content"><span id="p_56_INSTANCE_bLltn7iM5X3f"></span></p> <div class="portlet-body"> <div class="portlet-borderless-container"> <div class="portlet-body"> <div id="article_10154_10643_4742038_1.0" class="journal-content-article"><span class="portlet-title">Investigation into allegations of corruption, 2017</span></p> <div class="article"> <p style="text-align: justify;">In January 2017 the Assembly took the unprecedented step of setting up an independent, external investigation to look into specific allegations of corruption made against some of its members and former members. This body, made up of three distinguished former judges, began its work in June 2017 and delivered its final report in April 2018:</p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;">Report of the Independent Investigation Body</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">In a resolution and recommendation, the Assembly swiftly set out the steps it is taking in response, and declared its commitment to creating “an environment of zero tolerance for corruption”:</p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;">Follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body – report</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body – resolution</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body – recommendation</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Assembly’s Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs has also applied the procedure foreseen in cases of alleged violation of the Code of Conduct to individual members named in the Investigation Body’s report, holding a series of hearings with those concerned. 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