FOURTH EVALUATION ROUND Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors

The Addendum to the Second Compliance Report assesses the measures taken by the Swiss authorities to implement the pending recommendations issued in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report on Switzerland (see paragraph 2), which deals with “Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors”.

The Fourth Evaluation Round report on Switzerland was adopted at GRECO’s 74th Plenary Meeting (2 December 2016) and made public on 15 March 2017, following authorisation by Switzerland. The corresponding Compliance Report was adopted by GRECO at its 82nd Plenary Meeting (22 March 2019) and made public on 13 June 2019, following authorisation by Switzerland.

In the Second Compliance Report adopted by GRECO at its 87th Plenary Meeting (25 March 2021) and made public on 10 June 2021, it was concluded that Switzerland had implemented satisfactorily or dealt in a satisfactory manner with five of the twelve recommendations contained in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report. Of the remaining recommendations five had been partly implemented and two had not been implemented.

As required by GRECO's Rules of Procedure, the Swiss authorities submitted a Situation Report containing information on measures taken to implement the recommendations. This report was received on 28 March 2022 and served as a basis for the Addendum to the Second Compliance Report.

GRECO selected Italy (in respect of parliamentary assemblies) and France (in respect of judicial institutions) to appoint Rapporteurs for the compliance procedure. The Rapporteurs appointed were Mr Gaetano PELELLA, on behalf of Italy, and Mr Vincent FILHOL, on behalf of France. They were assisted by GRECO’s Secretariat in drawing up this Addendum to the Second Compliance Report.