A/HRC/32/22 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 29/11, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a compilation of best practices of efforts to counter the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of all human rights developed by States, national human rights institutions, national anti-corruption authorities, civil society and academia, with a view to submitting it to the Council at its thirty-second session. 2. Accordingly, on 24 August 2015, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) wrote to all permanent missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions to solicit input for the preparation of the present report, including input from national anti-corruption authorities. The correspondence was complemented by a questionnaire,1 elaborated jointly with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime with a view to guiding and structuring contributions. 3. As at 21 March 2016, OHCHR had received responses from the following States: Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Ukraine. The following national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights submitted contributions: Danish Institute for Human Rights, National Human Rights Commission of Mexico, Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Office of the Ombudsman of Peru, Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland and South African Human Rights Commission. The following civil society organizations submitted contributions: Al Khair Society for Relief and Charity Work (Libya), Asabe Shehu Yar’ Adua (Nigeria), Brazilian Association of Women in Defence of Children and Adolescents (Brazil), Center for Grassroot Development and Crime Prevention (Nigeria), International Police Executive Symposium (United States of America), National Association for the Fight against Corruption (Algeria), New Line Social Organization (Afghanistan) and Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (Nigeria). The Washington and Lee University School of Law (United States of America) also submitted a contribution. II. Contributions received from States Members of the United Nations Argentina 4. The Government of Argentina emphasized that corruption had a negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights. It was therefore necessary to combat corruption as effectively as possible. 5. The Government described legislative amendments it had adopted in implementation of anti-corruption instruments, namely the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and in pursuance of the policy on crime. The amendments aimed at mitigating the negative effects of corruption for 1 2 Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/GoodGovernance/Pages/BestPractices.aspx.