Commission for the Prevention of Corruption

Republic of Slovenia

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“Our mandate is preventing corruption, strengthening the rule of law, integrity and transparency of public sector. Our

motto is: integrity, accountability, rule of law.”

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Establishment of CPC

Government Office for the Prevention of Corruption (2002-2004) – government office

GRECO (Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption) – iniative for establishment of independent and autonomous body for preventing corruption

Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (2004- … ) – independent and autonomous state authority - the CPC is not subordinate to any other state institution or ministry, and does not receive direct instructions from the executive or the legislature.

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Organizational Structure and Staff of Commission

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Jurisdiction

The tasks of the CPC, among others, include:• conducting administrative investigations into allegations of corruption,

conflict of interest and illegal lobbying; • protection of whistleblowers;• monitoring the financial status of high level public officials in the

executive, legislature and judiciary through the assets declaration system;

• maintaining the central register of lobbyists; • adopting and coordinating the implementation of the National Anti-

corruption Action Plan; • assisting public and private institutions in development of integrity

plans and internal compliance mechanisms, and monitoring their implementation;

• designing and implementing different anti-‐corruption preventive measures (awareness raising, training, education, publications ...).

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The CPC has legal powers to: • access and subpoena financial and other documents

(notwithstanding the confidentiality level) from any state authority or private entity,

• question public servants and o cials,ffi• conduct administrative investigations and proceedings;• request di erent law enforcement authorities (e.g. Anti-Money ff

Laundering O ce, Tax Administration, …) to gather additional information ffiand evidence within the limits of their authority;

• issue fines for di erent violations under its jurisdiction to ff natural and legal persons in public and private sector;

• Request direct supervision from a head of a public servant;• Proposal for a dismissal of an official, a high-ranking civil servant or

functionary 

Jurisdiction

Relationship: Parliament - CPC

Parliament• Adoption of the annual

budged of the CPC• Proposal to the CPC to

conduct investigation on suspicion of corruption

• Proposal to the president of the RS for dismissal of the member of the CPC

CPC• Advise on

strengthening integrity & preventing and eliminating the risks of corruption

• Legislative initiative• Training & educating MP’s

on issues of lobbying, conflict of interests, etc. Conducting investigations concerning MP’s

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Appointment and accountability of the CPC

Previous (2004 – 2010)• Chief commissioner and 4

members of CPC appointed by the Parliament

• Special parliamentary committee established for supervision of CPC

• Never revised• Never inspected

Now (2010 -)• Chief commissioner and

two deputy chief commissioners appointed by the President of RS

• CPC reports once a year to the Parliament

• Mandatory external revision every two years

• Inspected last year

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