The International-Legal Regulation Of Illegal Enrichment

Corruption in its various manifestations has always been and remains a phenomenon that causes discomfort and anxiety to the broad sections of society, causes indignation, insecurity and injustice among citizens, which creates lawlessness and permissiveness, devaluing both the complex of individual rights and dignified life, as well as discrediting the state, creating a threat to the foundations of statehood. As a result of the change in the socio-political situation in our country in recent years, the fight against corruption, due to the unprecedented political will to fight corruption, has gained new momentum and content. Accordingly, the prevention of corruption and the fight against it in the Republic of Armenia have been declared as priorities of strategic importance. In such circumstances, it is important to introduce new internationally accepted tools for fighting corruption and their continuous improvement, aimed at combating corruption both in the civil, administrative and criminal spheres. In this context, the analysis of the crime of illegal enrichment is more than important, considering its new and still insufficiently studied nature for our legal system. In this context, the analysis of the crime of illegal enrichment is more than important, particularly in the context of its international legal regulation. Accordingly, in the article, an attempt was made to address the regulation of illegal enrichment as a crime in international legal documents, the main approaches of foreign states in the fight against illegal enrichment. The article also presents the legal interpretations of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the principle of the presumption of innocence, which is closely related to the institution of illegal enrichment, as well as the rights of a person to remain silent and to be freed from the obligation to testify against him, which is a component of a fair trial and presenting relevant conclusions.