Bringing the looters to justice: the case for an international anti-corruption court

BRINGING THE LOOTERS TO JUSTICE: THE CASE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT

Lord Peter Hain, exiled former anti-apartheid leader and United Kingdom cabinet minister

Thursday 25 January  7.00 pm  COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R55

The International Criminal Court’s mandated jurisdiction focuses solely upon genocide and war crimes, not corruption, which costs the world more than $1.6 trillion annually. Impunity for grand corruption thrives in many countries because kleptocrats control the administration of justice, leading to devastating consequences. An International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) would help counter grand-scale corruption and help retrieve stolen funds. This lecture will address the necessity of an International Anti-Corruption Court.

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Lord Peter Hain was born to South African parents who were jailed, banned, and forced into exile during the freedom struggle. He led anti-apartheid campaigns to stop all-white South African sports tours. He served in the United Kingdom Labour Government for twelve years, seven of these in the Cabinet. He negotiated the 2007 settlement to end the conflict in Northern Ireland and was a Foreign Minister with successive responsibilities for Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He has chaired the United Nations Security Council and negotiated international treaties. He was also Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Secretary of State for Wales, Leader of the House of Commons and Energy Minister

His concise readable biography, Mandela His Essential Life, was published in 2018; his memoirs, Outside In, in 2012; his two thrillers about poaching and corruption set in South Africa, The Rhino Conspiracy, in 2020 and its sequel, The Elephant Conspiracy, in 2022. His South African memoir, A Pretoria Boy, was published in 2021. He has degrees from Queen Mary University, London, and Sussex University. He has lived in South Wales for over 30 years and is Visiting Professor at both the University of South Wales and Pretoria University's Business School.