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

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

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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