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

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

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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