International Anti-Corruption Court

[2][3][4] The IACC proposal was further developed in a 2018 paper published in Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, titled "The World Needs an International Anti-Corruption Court.

"[5] In 2022, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences published a paper by Judge Mark L. Wolf, Justice Richard Goldstone and Professor Robert Rotberg, titled "The Progressing Proposal for An International Anti-Corruption Court.

"[7] Establishing the IACC, supporting national anti-corruption measures, and forging a network of young people committed to fighting grand corruption in their own countries are some of its main priorities.

The IACC's expert investigators, prosecutors, and judges would be valuable resources for strengthening their counterparts in countries striving to improve their capacity, and it would provide a forum for evidence raised by whistleblowers.

[11] The Declaration was drafted by Integrity Initiatives International, a non-profit organization working to support and advance anti-corruption efforts including the IACC.

In May 2022, Integrity Initiatives International announced that the Declaration has now been signed by nearly 300 eminent individuals from over 80 countries, including 32 Nobel laureates and 45 former presidents and prime ministers.

[12] Supporters include Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who published an op-ed in March 2022 titled "An international anti-corruption court would bring Putin to justice".

"[15] In April 2022, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra announced his commitment to work towards establishing an International Anti-Corruption Court and asked his European Union counterparts to join this effort.

A growing coalition of civil society networks in many countries, including Chile, Colombia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, South Korea, and Zambia, are now urging their governments to support the creation of the IACC.