{"id":8238,"date":"2022-05-05T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2022-05-11T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:08:01","slug":"canadians-overwhelmingly-support-an-international-anti-corruption-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/es\/news\/statement\/canadians-overwhelmingly-support-an-international-anti-corruption-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians overwhelmingly support an International Anti-Corruption Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven in ten Canadians support an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC), according to a new survey from the WRMC and Angus Reid Institute<\/a>. The survey\u2019s findings show that Canadians perceive that international corruption is a growing issue in Canada, and a majority of Canadians believe the government should be taking a lead on combating it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As half of Canadians believe that Canada\u2019s reputation has suffered in the last decade, championing the establishment of an IACC is an opportunity for the Canadian government to both improve its international reputation and combat corruption around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand corruption\u2019s link to bad governance and forced displacement is unquestionable. It undermines governments\u2019 responsibility to protect its population. Likewise, it discourages donors from committing to funding efforts to assist forcibly displaced persons as aid that is sent is susceptible to be siphoned off by corrupt leaders. An IACC would be mandated to prosecute perpetrators of grand corruption and repurpose stolen assets to assist those forcibly displaced due to their bad governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In WRMC\u2019s report Un llamado a la acci\u00f3n: Transformar el sistema global de refugio<\/a>, we addressed the scourge of corruption, and called for stolen assets found offshore not only to be freezed, but seized and repurposed for the benefit of forcibly displaced persons. On 26 April 2022, the Canadian Government has recently decided to implement the Council\u2019s recommendation to the Special Economic Measures Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the link between corruption and forced displacement, the WRMC launched the Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption<\/a> and is deeply involved in the global effort to promote the creation of an IACC. The IACC would be mandated to prosecute perpetrators of grand corruption and repurpose stolen assets to assist those forcibly displaced due to their bad governance. For example, the IACC would prosecute President Putin and his inner circle for their corrupt activities and use their frozen assets to assist Ukrainian victims of the current Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both major political parties in Canada have included the proposal of an IACC in their election platforms, as well as in the December 2021 Mandate Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key findings of the survey include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n