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

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

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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