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

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

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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