Annual Report 2025: A Year of Deepening Progress Toward the IACC
We’re pleased to share our Annual Report 2025, covering a year of significant milestones in our work toward establishing an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC). Building on the foundations laid during our first months of operation, 2025 has been defined by sustained legal work, broader consultation, and growing engagement with governments and civil society across the globe.
A Treaty Takes Shape
The completion of the next full iteration of the Draft Treaty to establish the IACC marks the most significant achievement of the year. Since the formal start of the drafting process in March 2024, over 100 pro bono legal experts have contributed their expertise across thematic subcommittees, shaping a comprehensive 78-page treaty framework accompanied by a 52-page explanatory commentary. In July 2025, we took the important step of sharing this draft confidentially with officials from several dozen governments and civil society experts, inviting substantive feedback to strengthen the text and ensure the Court’s design reflects diverse perspectives and practical realities.
Governments Taking Notice
Throughout 2025, we engaged with officials from 44 governments worldwide, including 16 in Europe. We were particularly encouraged to see both the United Kingdom and Norway make explicit commitments in their new anti-corruption strategies to actively participate in dialogue on ending impunity for grand corruption, including consideration of the IACC. This adds momentum to the six governments—Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Moldova, the Netherlands, and Nigeria—who have previously made public commitments to work with international partners towards the Court’s establishment.
A Global Civil Society Coalition
2025 also saw the formal launch of the Civil Society Coalition for the IACC, co-convened by III Europe, our sister organisation Integrity Initiatives International, and Good Governance Africa. The launch event brought together 175 participants from 48 countries, underscoring the breadth of global interest in closing accountability gaps for grand corruption. Just as coordinated civil society engagement was decisive in the creation of the International Criminal Court and the Campaign to Ban Landmines, we believe that organised and sustained civil society involvement will be essential to turning the IACC from proposal to reality.
Taking the IACC to the World
Our team participated in more than 30 in-person events across the globe in 2025, from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit and the World Justice Forum in Warsaw to the UN Convention against Corruption Conference of States Parties in Doha and the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group meetings in South Africa. We also hosted the European premiere of Bribe Inc., a documentary about the Unaoil bribery scandal, drawing strong public interest and sparking important conversations about the human cost of grand corruption.
Read the Full Annual Report
The progress made in 2025 brings the IACC meaningfully closer to institutional reality. As the treaty consultation process deepens, the coalition of engaged governments and civil society grows, and international momentum continues to build, we invite you to read our Annual Report 2025 for a full account of our work and the road ahead.