Australia's accession

18 October 1999
Deposit of instrument of ratification

17 December 1999
Entry into force of the Convention

17 December 1999
Entry into force of implementing legislation

2022 Additional follow-up to Phase 4 report

2021 Addendum to the follow-up to Phase 4 report

2019 Two-year follow-up to Phase 4 report

2017 Phase 4 report

2015 Follow-up to Phase 3 report

2017 Australia takes major steps to combat foreign bribery, but OECD wants to see more enforcement

2012 OECD seriously concerned by lack of foreign bribery convictions, but encouraged by recent efforts by the Australian Federal Police

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention establishes standards to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions.

Full text and related documents

All country reports

OECD Working Group on Bribery 

The OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions is responsible for monitoring the implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the 2021 Recommendation and related instruments. The Working Group is made up of representatives from the States Parties to the Convention and meets regularly.

Learn more about the Working Group

Monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring of implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention takes places in successive phases through a rigorous peer-review monitoring system. 

Description of each phase of evaluation