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

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

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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