{"id":5629,"date":"2023-07-31T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diskdrive33.com\/mks\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2023-10-06T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:35:41","slug":"opinion-can-an-international-anti-corruption-court-really-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diskdrive33.com\/mks\/2023\/07\/31\/opinion-can-an-international-anti-corruption-court-really-work\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION | Can an international anti-corruption court really work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Martin Kenney examines recent calls for an international anti-corruption court<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former UK Labour government minister and now Peer Peter Hain recently urged the UK to <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/may\/08\/former-minister-urges-uk-to-back-international-anti-corruption-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">back the creation<\/span><\/a> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of an international anti-corruption court (IACC)<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Lord Hain suggested that the proposed court would run analogous to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, allowing for the prosecution of corrupt heads of state.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"more-74015\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His call is a noble one. The problem with kleptocracy is that very few countries have the mechanisms to deal with it effectively. Captured states are not able to pursue the wrongdoers who have captured them. This lack of deterrent is at the root of most prolific crimes. Corruption is no different.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If an IACC with the power to investigate and prosecute grand corruption is to be established, then it must be able to punish those responsible. Otherwise, it will be a toothless tiger. This is where Lord Hain\u2019s notion may have its limitations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fcpablog.com\/2023\/07\/31\/creating-an-international-anti-corruption-court-is-a-noble-idea-but-can-it-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more at The FCPA Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-authorname\"><span class=\"fn\"><strong><a class=\"vcard author\" href=\"https:\/\/fcpablog.com\/author\/mkenney\/\" rel=\"author\">Martin Kenney<\/a><\/strong><a class=\"vcard author\" href=\"https:\/\/fcpablog.com\/author\/mkenney\/\" rel=\"author\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5357 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/diskdrive33.com\/mks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Martin-Kenney-Lebanon-2019-333-x-500-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Martin is Head of Firm at <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/diskdrive33.com\/mks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MKS<\/a>, a specialist investigative and asset recovery practice based in the BVI, focused on multi-jurisdictional fraud and grand corruption cases. In 2014 he was the recipient of the ACFE\u2019s highest honor: the Cressey Award for life-time achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. He has been chosen as a global elite \u201cThought Leader\u201d by Who\u2019s Who Legal from 2017-present and is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Central Lancashire\u2019s School of Justice in the UK.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Kenney examines recent calls for the creation of an international anti-corruption court by Lord Peter Hain, welcoming the notion but noting many pitfalls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[135,73,132],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-anti-corruption","tag-corruption","tag-martin-kenney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OPINION | Can an international anti-corruption court really work? 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