The International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2025 is fast approaching!

Vienna (Austria) – 17 November 2025 - In less than one month, the world will celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) 2025 on 9 December. To mark the occasion, we are calling on civil society organisations, the private sector, academia, and citizens around the world to stand #UnitedAgainstCorruption.

Building on the campaign launched on International Anti-Corruption Day 2024, the 2025 campaign continues to highlight the role of young guardians of integrity as advocates, raising awareness about corruption and its impact on their communities. It will feature voices of tomorrow’s integrity leaders sharing insights on the links between organized crime and corruption, the key role of AI and emerging technologies, and the connection between corruption, peace and security, demonstrating why combating corruption is essential for a fair and secure future. The campaign, running from 1 to 9 December 2025, will seamlessly lead into the eleventh session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (CoSP11) in Doha, Qatar, where young people will have the opportunity to present their appeals directly to world leaders, urging them to support a future where they can thrive free from corruption.

What can your NGO do?

Civil society organizations are the eyes and ears of society against corruption, and society’s strong participation at all levels is required to effectively fight corruption. In support of IACD 2025 NGOs can:

Network and mobilize people to act organize events, in person, hybrid or virtual with national counterparts, distribute the campaign materials, set up petitions, call on government representatives to take more action, etc. We kindly ask you to inform us of planned activities in advance;
Raise their voices and advocate: write letters, newspaper articles, adverts and newsletters, and participate in radio or televised interviews;
Speak out on social media: adopt the IACD logo as profile pictures and increase visibility of campaign materials to raise awareness by using the hashtags #UnitedAgainstCorruption and #IACD2025 on all digital platforms for the International Anti-Corruption Day outreach.

Let us know your NGO’s activity

We would like to hear about any activities your organization conducted for 2025 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD). We will profile the best stories NGO on our website, as we did for IACD 2024 and 2023, and promote such activities on our tweet feed. We kindly ask you to send information about your activities to unodc-ngounit@un.org or message us through X at @UNODCCSU.

Further information:

Translations of the theme in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish are available on the webpage. All campaign assets are available on the webpage and Trello.

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime

The International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2025 is fast approaching!

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