December 11, 2023
The UN Convention Against Corruption COSP10 Must Strengthen Enforcement of Anti-Corruption Laws and Allow More Civil Society Participation
Marking the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the tenth session of its Conference of States Parties in the United States (COSP10), which opens today, Integrity Initiatives International (III) and Club de Madrid call on governments to do more to enforce the laws the convention requires of its member states, including by working towards the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) that would serve as a de facto enforcement mechanism of the UNCAC.
May 25, 2022
40-plus former Presidents and Prime Ministers call for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Integrity Initiatives International (III) and Club de Madrid announced today that 42 former Presidents and Prime Ministers are now among more than 250 eminent individuals from over 75 countries who have signed the Declaration calling for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC).
April 20, 2022
30 Nobel Laureates Join Calls for An International Anti-Corruption Court
Integrity Initiatives International (III) announced today that 30 additional Nobel laureates have signed the Declaration calling for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC). The Declaration, first released in June 2021 with the signatures of more than 100 world leaders from 45 countries, has now been signed by over 200 eminent persons from more than 60 countries. Since June 2021, working with international partners to establish the International Anti-Corruption Court has become official foreign policy in both Canada and the Netherlands.
June 10, 2021
100-plus World Leaders Call for An International Anti-Corruption Court
Integrity Initiatives International announced today that more than one hundred world leaders from over forty countries have signed a Declaration calling for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court. The Declaration advocates for a new international court to address the global problem of Grand Corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain by a nation’s leaders (kleptocrats) – which thrives in many countries and has devastating consequences for human rights, human health, and international peace and security.
May 3, 2021
Business leaders and civil society urge UN to take meaningful action to combat corruption
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Integrity Initiatives International (III), along with 96 civil society organizations from over 50 countries, have called on the UN General Assembly to establish an intergovernmental working group to develop proposals for new frameworks and mechanisms to address weaknesses in current international anti-corruption legal frameworks.
April 20, 2021
Nearly 100 civil society groups call on UN General Assembly to take action on globalised corruption, task a new expert group with proposing solutions
To tackle transnational, large-scale and high-level forms of corruption, UN member states should task a special intergovernmental expert group with the development of concrete solutions, say 96 organisations in a joint letter. The urgent request comes at a time when governments are preparing for the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption (UNGASS 2021), taking place in June.