We, conscious of the fact that corruption plagues the modern world,

Douglas Fisher
Brazil
Gale Mohammed-Oxley
Trinidad & Tobago
Barham Salih
Iraq
Fernando A. Iglesias
Argentina
Christopher Pappas
Canada
Mo Ibrahim
Sudan
Peter MacKay
Canada
Melissa Garcia Blagitz de Abreu e Silva
Brazil
Nuhu Ribabu
Nigeria
Andreas Bummel
Germany
Drew Christiansen, S. J.
United States
David B. Collins
Canada
Andrew Caruana Galizia
Malta
Lorraine Ocampos
Paraguay
Fen Osler Hampson
Canada
Seán Cleary
South Africa
Gwyn Morgan
Canada
Margarita Tsatsa Nikolovska
North Macedonia
Sir Jeffrey Jowell
United Kingdom
Pedro M. Burelli
Venezuela
Dawn Vermilya
United States
Maria Angela Danzì
Italy
Lawrence Gonzi
Malta
Peter C. Doherty
Australia
Koogan Pillay
South Africa
Mervyn Eldred King
South Africa
Ahmedou Ould Abdallah
Mauritania
Florindo Chivucute
Angola
Carl Bildt
Sweden
Chester Crocker
United States
Mehdi Jomaa
Tunisia
John Bruton
Ireland
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Timor-Leste
Jean-Pelé Fomété
Cameroon
Donald Steinberg
United States
Andrea Ngombet
Republic of the Congo
Zlatko Lagumdzija
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ben Rowswell
Canada
Jan van Zanen
Netherlands
Teresa Ter-Minassian
Italy
Marcello Ferreira de Souza Granado
Brazil
Robert I. Rotberg
United States
Linda Nicholls
Canada
Joe Clark
Canada
Wesley K. Clark
United States
Lucy Akello
Uganda
José Ugaz
Peru
Fred J. Green
Canada
Paul Hoffman
South Africa
Moisés Naím
Venezuela
Sima Samar
Afghanistan
Mónica Martínez
Chile
Saskia Bruines
Netherlands
James Michel
Seychelles
Ricardo Luna
Peru
Edward Lucas
United Kingdom
Jonathan Fanton
United States
Bianca Jagger
United Kingdom
Manzoor Hasan
Bangladesh
Kaveh Shahrooz
Canada
Robert S. Gelbard
United States
Carlos Vargas
Venezuela
Garry Kasparov
Russia
Vernon L. Smith
United States
Roger D. Kornberg
United States
Kenneth Roth
United States
Deval Patrick
United States
Elfriede Jelinek
Austria
Philip Murray
Canada
Scott Newark
Canada
Harvey J. Alter
United States
Larry Pressler
United States
Marc Tassé
Canada
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
France
Thaméa Danelon
Brazil
Michael Small
Canada
Javed Noorani
Afghanistan
Kim Campbell
Canada
Sheila Prell Sonenshine
United States
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Portugal
Matthew Caruana Galizia
Malta
Leila Nadya Sadat
United States
Payam Akhavan
Canada
Ángel Alonso Arroba
Spain
Marcelo Costenaro Cavali
Brazil
Ana Alejandrina Pineda Hernández
Honduras
Steven Point
Canada
Emil Bolongaita
Australia
Paul Caruana Galizia
Malta
Evelyn Pesantez
United States
Lord David Alton
United Kingdom
Gordon Brown
United Kingdom
Fausto Martin De Sanctis
Brazil
Frank G. Wisner
United States
Danilo Türk
Slovenia
John Ralston Saul
Canada
Robinson Fernandes
Brazil
Claudia Escobar Mejía
Guatemala
Oagile Key Dingake
Botswana
Ian Farlam
South Africa
Petre Roman
Romania
Ben Knapen
Netherlands
Sternford Moyo
Zimbabwe
María Alejandra Gálvez Alzate
Colombia
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Lithuania
Matar Diop
Senegal
Raymond Baker
United States
Sandra Ponce Aguilera
Honduras
Jigmi Yoser Thinley
Bhutan
Adele Simmons
United States
Farid Rohani
Canada
Ricardo Lagos
Chile
Ligia Maura Costa
Brazil
Tzipi Livni
Israel
Guy Tousignant
Canada
Bernard Karganilla
Philippines
Grigory Vaypan
Russia
Sergio Fernando Moro
Brazil
Elbegdorj Tsakhia
Mongolia
Seung-Soo Han
South Korea
Geoffrey Cowan
United States
Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea
Ecuador
Francis Ben Kaifala
Sierra Leone
Marc Caron
Canada
Alfred Gusenbauer
Austria
Percival Noel James Patterson
Jamaica
Juan Manuel Santos
Colombia
Ivan Pavlov
Russia
Ray Crabbe
Canada
Michael Jeffery
Canada
Sir Bill Browder
United Kingdom
Maurice Baril
Canada
Guy Thibault
Canada
Geoffrey Robertson
United Kingdom
Mark L. Wolf
United States
Jody Williams
United States
Zef Preci
Albania
William Graham (recently deceased)
Canada
Ivo Josipović
Croatia
Aminata Touré
Senegal
Jack Mintz
Canada
Risa Hontiveros
Philippines
Matthew H. Murray
United States
Richard Goldstone
South Africa
Doug Mitchell
Canada
Cameron Ross
Canada
Francisco Sagasti
Peru
Alexandra Bugailiskis
Canada
Arieh Warshel
Israel
Angela Reitmaier
Germany
Álvaro Moscoso Blanco
Bolivia
Francisco A. Magno
Philippines
Tawakkol Karman
Yemen
Iveta Radičová
Slovakia
Doris Leuthard
Switzerland
Jens Orback
Sweden
Salil Shetty
India
Stefaan De Clerck
Belgium
Marzuki Darusman
Indonesia
Thabo C. Makgoba
South Africa
Sabrina Pignedoli
Italy
Valerie Raymond (deceased)
Canada
Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
Bolivia
Joseph Ingram
Canada
Laura Chinchilla
Costa Rica
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Guatemala
David Pratt
Canada
Guillermo de la Dehesa
Spain
Edna Ramirez
Mexico
Modesto Souza Barros Carvalhosa
Brazil
Marcus Kolga
Canada
Moncef Marzouki
Tunisia
Moussa Mara
Mali
Gareth Evans
Australia
Karla Lini Maeji
Brazil
Maja Groff
Canada
Antonio Gabriel La Viña
Philippines
Andrey Borges de Mendonça
Brazil
José Justiniano
Bolivia
Jorge Fernando Quiroga
Bolivia
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russia
Shirin Ebadi
Iran
Haris Silajdžić
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Juhani Grossmann
Switzerland
Laode M. Syarif
Indonesia
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Poland
Alfredo Romero
Venezuela
Jeremy Kinsman
Canada
Cassam Uteem
Mauritius
Mairead Corrigan-Maguire
Northern Ireland
Kenneth Watkin
Canada
Marija Pejčinović Burić
Croatia
Tad Daley
United States
Wolfgang Ischinger
Germany
Jan Peter Balkenende
Netherlands
James Cottrell, Jr.
United States
Yves Leterme
Belgium
Anirudh Singh
India
Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
India
Garry W.G. Clement
Canada
Mauricio Macri
Argentina
Cheselden George Vida Carmona
Philippines
Gerardus 't Hooft
Netherlands
Jaime Aparicio-Otero
Bolivia
Roberto Livianu
Brazil
Arthur Lyon Dahl
Switzerland
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Canada
Natalia Soebagjo
Indonesia
Kailash Satyarthi
India
Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua
Democratic Republic of Congo
Tymon Motlhasedi Katlholo
Botswana
Kishore Mabubhani
Singapore
Walter Link
Germany
Beatrice Fitch
Chile
Adrienne Clarkson
Canada
Charles Adeogun-Phillips
Nigeria
Naheed Esar
Afghanistan
Chris O’Connor
United Kingdom
Tiziana Beghin
Italy
Anand Panyarachun
Thailand
Helena Malikyar
Afghanistan
Michael Ignatieff
Canada
Demas Kiprono
Kenya
Paul Wynnyk
Canada
Camelia Bogdan
Romania
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Jordan
T. Anthony Jones
United States
John Odling-Smee
United Kingdom
Lloyd Axworthy
Canada
Mohamed Chande Othman
Tanzania
Richard B. Fadden
Canada
Cristina Manzano
Spain
Reza Moridi
Canada
Paul Maddison
Australia
Carol W. Greider
United States
Alfred Balm
Canada
Vicente Fox
Mexico
Landon Butler
United States
Eric R. Kandel
United States
Rosen Plevneliev
Bulgaria
Cynthia Gabriel
Malaysia
John Nery
Philippines
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Pakistan
Muhammad Yunus
Bangladesh
Jordi Solé
Spain
Mary Collins
Canada
Alexander S. Vindman
United States
Marc Lortie
Canada
Albie Sachs
South Africa
Richard J. Roberts
United Kingdom
Scott Clements
Canada
Abdul Hai Patel
Canada
Lord David Maxim Triesman
United Kingdom
Paul R. Milgrom
United States
Eneida Torres de Durand
Puerto Rico
Rexhep Meidani
Albania
Katherine Marshall
United States
John Githongo
Kenya
Roberto Dañino
Peru
Jose Ramos-Horta
Timor-Leste
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Argentina
Mia Farrow
United States
Wendy W. Luers
United States
Allan Rock
Canada
Dudley R. Herschbach
United States
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Norway
Raymond Henault
Canada
María de los Ángeles Estrada
Mexico
Kabiné Komara
Guinea
Neda Salmanpour
United Kingdom
Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Italy
Karen Longaric
Bolivia
Sungho Kang
South Korea
Leymah Roberta Gbowee
Liberia
Constantine Simitis
Greece
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkey
Olanrewaju Suraju
Nigeria
Baroness Lynda Chalker
United Kingdom
Chile Eboe-Osuji
Nigeria
Thomas R. Pickering
United States
John Berger
United States
Maria Wilson
Trinidad & Tobago
Murray Farmer
Canada
Aaron Ciechanover
Israel
Susana Malcorra
Argentina
Roy Cullen
Canada
Iftekhar Zaman
Bangladesh
Muhammad Mohan Kittu Bin Abdullah
Malaysia
James Bolger
New Zealand
Slagjana Taseva
North Macedonia
Theodore Sedgwick
United States
Thomas Lawson
Canada
Nicholas Coghlan
Canada
Gregg L. Semenza
United States
Marcelo Dolzany da Costa
Brazil
Dadang Trisasongko
Indonesia
Jean-Pierre Méan
Switzerland
Dikgang Moseneke
South Africa
Jacques Duchesneau
Canada
Bonnie Rawlins
Canada
Navi Pillay
South Africa
Ujjal Dosanjh
Canada
John C. Mather
United States
Lois Mitchell
Canada
Uzi Arad
Israel
Peter Bismark
Ghana
Sheldon Glashow
United States
Anne McLellan
Canada
John R. Anderson
Canada
Melanne Verveer
United States
Mary R. Page
United States
Augusto Lopez-Claros
Spain
Ricardo Raineri
Chile
Hans Corell
Sweden
Tarja Halonen
Finland
ANM Muniruzzaman
Bangladesh
Barry Clark Barish
United States
Herta Müller
Germany
Geo-Sung Kim
South Korea
Carlos Alvarado
Costa Rica
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
Malta
David J. Bercuson
Canada
Hanna Suchocka
Poland
Carlos Silvani
Argentina
Yuan T. Lee
Taiwan
Murray Sinclair
Canada
Cheickh Tidyane Bangoura
Canada
Iegor Soboliev
Ukraine
Peter German
Canada
Walter Natynczyk
Canada
Iraj Abedian
South Africa
Karam Singh
South Africa
Lord George Robertson
United Kingdom
Beverley McLachlin
Canada
Mohammad Farid Hamidi
Afghanistan
Paul L. Modrich
United States
Tutu Alicante
Equatorial Guinea
Camilo Enciso
Colombia
Baroness Helena Kennedy
United Kingdom

call for the establishment of an International
Anti-Corruption Court.

Read our full Declaration

What is the IACC

Grand corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain by a nation's leaders (kleptocrats) – is a devastating global problem. In too many places, there is a lack of enforcement of criminal laws against corrupt acts. The IACC would be a court of last resort to hold kleptocrats and their co-conspirators accountable when national governments are unable or unwilling to do so.

How we work

A growing coalition of governments, civil society organizations, and individual citizens are working together to make the IACC a reality. Leading experts in international law are developing a proposed treaty to establish the IACC. The evolving concept of the Court benefits from the diverse input of the global network of civil society that advocates for the idea.

Why we do this

Because the world deserves better.

Roadmap to establishing the International Anti-Corruption Court

1

Declaration

First released in June 2021, more than 300 world leaders from over 80 countries —including more than 45 former presidents and prime ministers and over 30 Nobel laureates— have signed the Declaration calling for the creation of an IACC. Many more civil society organizations have joined the call. More continue to do so. These leaders, activists, and experts from diverse backgrounds are the foundation of the international campaign for the IACC.

2

International Steering Committee

Formed in July 2021, the International Steering Committee is building and leading the civil society coalition behind the campaign and contributes to strategic outreach to governments around the world. You can learn more about the Committee's members here. The Steering Committee is supported by regional Subcommittees.

3

Treaty Committee & Scholarly Review

Launched in August 2022, the IACC Treaty Committee —composed of international judges, international prosecutors, and other leading experts in international law— is working on the core principles for a draft IACC treaty.

With the support of a Drafting Committee, the Treaty Committee will then produce a draft IACC Treaty for the consideration of interested governments and consultation from civil society.

The treaty drafting process will further benefit from the feedback of an Advisory Committee composed of top international lawyers and scholars.

4

Broad and Inclusive Consultation

Once the draft IACC Treaty is complete, Integrity Initiatives International and its partners will organize a series of virtual consultations to present the draft and receive feedback from interested civil society around the world.

5

Negotiation & Adoption

Ultimately, governments will need to negotiate and sign a treaty establishing the IACC. During this phase, Integrity Initiatives International and the campaign for the IACC will monitor negotiations and work to ensure that civil society has a voice in the negotiations.

6

Ratification and Beyond

After the IACC treaty has been signed, the campaign for the IACC will continue outreach country-by-country to ensure that states ratify the treaty. Once the treaty comes into force, the campaign for the IACC will continue to monitor the implementation of the Court.

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