New Zealand's accession

25 June 2001
Deposit of instrument of ratification

24 August 2001
Entry into force of the Convention

3 May 2001
Entry into force of implementing legislation

2016 Follow-up to Phase 3 report

2013 Phase 3 report

2009 Follow-up on Phase 2 report

2006 Phase 2 report

2002 Phase 1 report

2013 New Zealand is not immune from foreign bribery

2006 New Zealand should strengthen laws to hold companies more accountable for foreign bribery

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