A Comparative Study of Iran, Turkey and Egypt in comparison with international law in the Contexts of Public Participation in the Prevention of Corruption: A Case Study of the Crime of Embezzlement

Abstract

Citizens' participation is not a new concept, but it has become much more important during recent decades, due to the occurrence of violations such as administrative corruption crimes. In general, citizens have not only the right but also the duty to participate in decisions that affect their general welfare. This participation, while being a moderator of the ruling power, helps to deal more appropriately with cases of administrative corruption. embezzlement as one of the economic crimes that violates public trust towards the government has been recognized in various domestic and international documents throughout history. The objectives pursued in this research are to identify national bases and international public participation in the prevention of administrative corruption by emphasizing embezzlement and identifying their differences with each other. The results of the present research indicate that there are differences between the domestic and international anti-embezzlement frameworks, such as the lack of criminalization of embezzlement in the private sector, as well as the lack of provision for the mechanism of international judicial assistance in the field of embezzlement, lack of It is worth mentioning the detailed explanation of whistle-blowing regulations regarding the fight against embezzlement in Iran's internal law, in contrast the regional to international nature of anti-embezzlement rights and the lack of guarantee of effective implementation at the international level to fight embezzlement

Keywords

• embezzlement
• civil society
• prevention
• whistling
• public participation