The Climate Governance Commission, Integrity Initiatives International, World Federalist Movement and Citizens for Global Solutions support the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) to build global accountability to, and implementation of, anti-corruption principles and law, complementary with other proposals to strengthen the rule of law including the establishment of an International Court for the Environment.
Such a court would provide jurisdiction over actions violating crimes set out in the UN Convention against Corruption and in other international anti-corruption law, when national governments are unable or unwilling to do so.
This Court will form a critical part of efforts to fight global corruption, ensuring that general public funds are available, that finances designated for climate and planetary action reach their intended recipients, and the environmental rule of law is enhanced through the protection of implementation measures from corruption.
For example, the IACC would help tackle illegal logging, fishing and wildlife trade which depend on the corruption of officials for permits, access, the movement of resources and money laundering. This business has an estimated value of $1 trillion or more per year and depletes the world of its natural resources and threatens the health and stability of ecosystems (See World Bank Group (2019) Illegal Logging, Fishing, and Wildlife Trade: the Costs and How to Combat It. Available at: WBGReport1017Digital.pdf).
As a criminal court, the IACC would focus on accountability of individuals responsible for corruption including, in particular, political and corporate leaders.