THE PROBLEM
Grand corruption – the abuse of public power for private gain by a nation’s leaders (kleptocrats) – is a
major barrier to responding effectively to pandemics, fighting climate change, mitigating refugee crises,
promoting democracy and human rights, meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, establishing
international peace and security, and securing a more just, rules–based global order.
Grand corruption does not endure due to a lack of laws. The 189 parties, including 181 countries, to the
United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) each have laws criminalizing major forms of
corrupt conduct. Yet kleptocrats enjoy impunity because they control the administration of justice in the
countries that they rule. An International Anti–Corruption Court (IACC) would, therefore, fill the crucial
enforcement gap in the international framework for combatting grand corruption.
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