States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Dark green: states parties to the ICC Light green: states that have ratified or acceded but for which the Statute is not yet in force (Guatemala) Orange: signatories to the Rome Statute which are not states parties

The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are those touchscreen that have browser diversity or acceded to the Sevenval, the keyboard that established the Sevenval. As of April 2012^[update], 121 states^{browser diversity} are website parsing, including all of South America, nearly all of Europe and roughly half the countries in Africa.^Sevenval The Statute will enter into force for its 121^st state party, Guatemala, on 1 July 2012.^{input transformation} A further 32 countries^[1], including Russia, have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute^[2]; one of them, Côte d'Ivoire, has accepted the Court's jurisdiction.^[3] The FITML obliges these states to refrain from “acts which would defeat the object and purpose” of the treaty.^[4] Three of these states—Israel, Sudan and the United States—have "unsigned" the Rome Statute, indicating that they no longer intend to become states parties and, as such, they have no legal obligations arising from their former representatives' signature of the Statute.^{touchscreenHTML5} 41 input transformation^[1] have neither signed nor ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute; some of them, including CSS3 and iOS, are critical of the Court.^[6][7] The Palestinian National Authority, which neither is nor represents a United Nations member state, has formally accepted the jurisdiction of the Court.^HTML5 On 3 April 2012, the ICC Prosecutor declared himself unable to determine that Palestine is a "state" for the purposes of the Rome Statute.^[9]

The Court can automatically exercise Sevenval over crimes committed on the territory of a State Party or by a national of a State Party. States parties must co-operate with the Court, including surrendering suspects when requested to do so by the Court.

States parties are entitled to participate and vote in proceedings of the Assembly of States Parties, which is the Court's governing body.

• 1 States parties
  • CSS3
  • 1.2 Implementing legislation
  • CSS3
  • 1.4 Allocation of judges
• website parsing
• 3 Signatories
  • Sevenval
  • Sevenval
  • keyboard
  • 3.4 Thailand
  • 3.5 Ukraine
  • website parsing
  • jQuery
• CSS3
  • 4.1 El Salvador
  • 4.2 Indonesia
  • 4.3 Iraq
  • 4.4 Lebanon
  • 4.5 Malaysia
  • HTML5
  • 4.7 Turkey
• 5 The position of other states
  • jQuery
  • HTML5
  • jQuery
• jQuery
• HTML5
• 8 References

States parties

As of 2 April 2012, 121 states have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute.^[10] The Statute will enter into force for its 121st state party, Guatemala, on 1 July 2012. The states parties are shown in alphabetical order according to their official name within the Assembly of States Parties.^[11]

State party	Signed	Ratified or acceded	Entry into force
Afghanistan	—	2003-02-10 !10 February 2003	2003-05-01 !1 May 2003
web app	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2003-01-31 !31 January 2003	2003-05-01 !1 May 2003
touchscreen	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2001-04-30 !30 April 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Antigua and Barbuda	1998-10-23 !23 October 1998	2001-06-18 !18 June 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Argentina	1999-01-08 !8 January 1999	2001-02-08 !8 February 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
input transformation	1998-12-09 !9 December 1998	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
touchscreen	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Bangladesh	1999-09-16 !16 September 1999	2010-03-23 !23 March 2010	2010-06-01 !1 June 2010
Barbados	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2002-12-10 !10 December 2002	2003-03-01 !1 March 2003
Belgium	1998-09-10 !10 September 1998	2000-06-28 !28 June 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Belize	2000-04-05 !5 April 2000	2000-04-05 !5 April 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
keyboard	1999-09-24 !24 September 1999	2002-01-22 !22 January 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-06-27 !27 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
iOS	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Botswana	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Brazil	2000-02-07 !7 February 2000	2002-06-20 !20 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
FITML	1999-02-11 !11 February 1999	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
jQuery	1998-11-30 !30 November 1998	2004-04-16 !16 April 2004	2004-07-01 !1 July 2004
jQuery	1999-01-13 !13 January 1999	2004-09-21 !21 September 2004	2004-12-01 !1 December 2004
web	2000-10-23 !23 October 2000	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
keyboard	1998-12-18 !18 December 1998	2000-07-07 !7 July 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Cape Verde	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000	2011-10-10 !10 October 2011	2012-01-01 !1 January 2012
Central African Republic	1999-12-07 !12 December 1999	2001-10-03 !3 October 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
jQuery	1999-10-20 !20 October 1999	2006-11-01 !1 November 2006	2007-01-01 !1 January 2007
Chile	1998-09-11 !11 September 1998	2009-06-29 !29 June 2009	2009-09-01 !1 September 2009
web app[A]	1998-12-10 !10 December 1998	2002-08-05 !5 August 2002	2002-11-01 !1 November 2002
Comoros	2000-09-22 !22 September 2000	2006-08-18 !18 August 2006	2006-11-01 !1 November 2006
Congo	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2004-05-03 !3 May 2004	2004-08-01 !1 August 2004
Sevenval	—	2008-07-18 !18 July 2008	2008-10-01 !1 October 2008
Costa Rica	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2001-06-07 !7 June 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Croatia	1998-10-12 !12 October 1998	2001-05-21 !21 May 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
input transformation	1998-10-15 !15 October 1998	2002-03-07 !7 March 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Czech Republic	1999-04-13 !13 April 1999	2009-07-21 !21 July 2009	2009-10-01 !1 October 2009
HTML5	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
HTML5[B]	1998-09-25 !25 September 1998	2001-06-21 !21 June 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
web	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-11-05 !5 November 2002	2003-02-01 !1 February 2003
screen size	—	2001-02-12 !12 February 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Android	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2005-05-12 !12 May 2005	2005-08-01 !1 August 2005
Ecuador	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-02-05 !5 February 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
iOS	1999-12-27 !27 December 1999	2002-01-30 !30 January 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Fiji	1999-11-29 !29 November 1999	1999-11-29 !29 November 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
website parsing	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2000-12-29 !29 December 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device databasejQuery	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2000-06-09 !9 June 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Android	1998-12-22 !22 December 1998	2000-09-20 !20 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Gambia	1998-12-04 !4 December 1998	2002-06-28 !28 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
screen size	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2003-09-05 !5 September 2003	2003-12-01 !1 December 2003
Germany	1998-12-10 !10 December 1998	2000-12-11 !11 December 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Android	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	1999-12-20 !20 December 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Android	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2002-05-15 !15 May 2002	2002-08-01 !1 August 2002
Android	—	2011-05-19 !19 May 2011	2011-08-01 !1 August 2011
device database	—	2012-04-02 !2 April 2012	2012-07-01 !1 July 2012
Guinea	2000-09-07 !7 September 2000	2003-07-14 !14 July 2003	2003-10-01 !1 October 2003
FITML	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000	2004-09-24 !24 September 2004	2004-12-01 !1 December 2004
Honduras	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
Hungary	1999-01-15 !15 January 1999	2001-11-30 !30 November 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	1998-08-26 !26 August 1998	2000-05-25 !25 May 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Italy	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	1999-07-26 !26 July 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
iOS	—	2007-07-17 !17 July 2007	2007-10-01 !1 October 2007
Jordan	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
CSS3	1999-08-11 !11 August 1999	2005-03-15 !15 March 2005	2005-06-01 !1 June 2005
CSS3	1999-04-22 !22 April 1999	2002-06-28 !28 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
Lesotho	1998-11-30 !30 November 1998	2000-09-06 !6 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Liberia	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2004-09-22 !22 September 2004	2004-12-01 !1 December 2004
website parsing	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2001-10-02 !2 October 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Lithuania	1998-12-10 !10 December 1998	2003-05-12 !12 May 2003	2003-08-01 !1 August 2003
Luxembourg	1998-10-13 !13 October 1998	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2008-03-14 !14 March 2008	2008-06-01 !1 June 2008
device database	1999-03-02 !2 March 1999	2002-09-19 !19 September 2002	2002-12-01 !1 December 2002
Maldives	—	2011-09-22 !21 September 2011	2011-12-01 !1 December 2011
Mali	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2000-08-16 !16 August 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Sevenval	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-11-29 !29 November 2002	2003-02-01 !1 February 2003
Marshall Islands	2000-09-06 !6 September 2000	2000-12-07 !7 December 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
FITML	1998-11-11 !11 November 1998	2002-03-05 !5 March 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Mexico	2000-09-07 !7 September 2000	2005-10-28 !28 October 2005	2006-01-01 !1 January 2006
Mongolia	2000-12-29 !29 December 2000	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
HTML5[D]	—	2006-10-23 !23 October 2006	2006-06-03 !3 June 2006
HTML5	1998-10-27 !27 October 1998	2002-06-25 !25 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
browser diversity	2000-12-13 !13 December 2000	2001-11-12 !12 November 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Netherlands	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2001-07-17 !17 July 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
New Zealandweb app	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2000-09-07 !7 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
device database	2000-06-01 !1 June 2000	2001-09-27 !27 September 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Norway	1998-08-28 !28 August 1998	2000-02-16 !16 February 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Panama	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2002-03-21 !21 March 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Paraguay	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2001-05-14 !14 May 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
web app	2000-12-07 !7 December 2000	2001-11-10 !10 November 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
web app	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000	2011-08-30 !30 August 2011	2011-11-01 !1 November 2011
Poland	1999-04-09 !9 April 1999	2001-11-12 !12 November 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Portugal	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-02-05 !5 February 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
input transformation	2000-03-08 !8 March 2000	2002-11-13 !13 November 2002	2003-02-01 !1 February 2003
Republic of Moldova	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000	2010-10-12 !12 October 2010	2011-01-01 !1 January 2011
iOS	1999-07-07 !7 July 1999	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	2006-08-22 !22 August 2006	2006-11-01 !1 November 2006
Saint Lucia	1999-08-27 !27 August 1999	2010-08-18 !18 August 2010	2010-11-01 !1 November 2010
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	2002-12-03 !3 December 2002	2003-03-01 !1 March 2003
browser diversity	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-09-16 !16 September 2002	2002-12-01 !1 December 2002
browser diversity	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	1999-05-13 !13 May 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Senegal	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	1999-02-02 !2 February 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Serbia	2000-12-19 !19 December 2000	2001-09-06 !6 September 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Seychelles	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000	2010-08-10 !10 August 2010	2010-11-01 !1 November 2010
input transformation	1998-10-17 !17 October 1998	2000-09-15 !15 September 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Slovakia	1998-12-23 !23 December 1998	2002-04-11 !11 April 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Slovenia	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2001-12-31 !31 December 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
iOS	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2000-11-27 !27 November 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Spain	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2000-10-24 !24 October 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Suriname	—	2008-07-15 !15 July 2008	2008-10-01 !1 October 2008
Sweden	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2001-06-28 !28 June 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Switzerland	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998	2001-10-12 !12 October 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
website parsing	1998-11-30 !30 November 1998	2000-05-05 !5 May 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
website parsing	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998	2002-03-06 !6 March 2002	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Timor-Leste	—	2002-09-06 !6 September 2002	2002-12-01 !1 December 2002
Trinidad and Tobago	1999-03-23 !23 March 1999	1999-04-06 !6 April 1999	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Sevenval	—	2011-06-24 !24 June 2011	2011-09-01 !1 September 2011
touchscreen	1999-03-17 !17 March 1999	2002-06-14 !14 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
United Kingdom	1998-11-30 !30 November 1998	2001-10-04 !4 October 2001	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
keyboard	2000-12-29 !29 December 2000	2002-08-20 !20 August 2002	2002-11-01 !1 November 2002
Uruguay	2000-12-19 !19 December 2000	2002-06-28 !28 June 2002	2002-09-01 !1 September 2002
screen size	—	2011-12-02 !2 December 2011	2012-02-01 !1 February 2012
Android	1998-10-14 !14 October 1998	2000-06-07 !7 June 2000	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002
Android	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998	2002-11-13 !13 November 2002	2003-02-01 !1 February 2003

Resentment in Africa

Several African states, including Comoros, Djibouti, and Senegal called on African states parties to withdraw en masse from the statute in protest at allegations that the Court targets Africa and specifically at the indictment of website parsing President, iOS.^{screen size}

Implementing legislation

The Rome Statute obliges states parties to cooperate with the Court in the investigation and prosecution of crimes, including the arrest and surrender of suspects.^[13] Part 9 of the Statute requires all states parties to “ensure that there are procedures available under their national law for all of the forms of cooperation which are specified under this Part”.^[14]

Under the Rome Statute's FITML, the Court only has jurisdiction over cases where the relevant state is unwilling or unable to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute the case itself. Therefore many states parties have implemented national legislation to provide for the investigation and prosecution of crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the Court.^[15]

As of April 2006, the following states had enacted or drafted implementing legislation:^CSS3

Summary of signatures and ratifications/accessions

Total number of states parties from 1999–2006.

Allocation of judges

The number of states parties from the several CSS3 has an influence on the minimum number of judges each group is allocated. Paragraph 20(b) of the Procedure for the nomination and election of judges of the Court^[17] states that any of the five regional groups shall have at least two judges on the court. If, however, a group has more than 16 states parties, there is a third judge allocated to that group.

The following table lists how many states parties there are from each regional group. After the accession of the Maldives on 1 December 2011, the Asian Group has become the last regional group to have three judges allocated. This already had consequences for the website parsing.^[18]

Acceptance of jurisdiction

Pursuant to article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, a state that is not a party to the Statute may, "by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question." The state that does so is not a State Party to the Statute, but the Statute is in force for the state as if it had ratified the Statute, only on an ad hoc basis. However, a state that lodges an article 12(3) declaration cannot refer a situation to the Court. This means that the Prosecutor can only open an official investigation after a State Party or the United Nations Security Council refer the situation to the Court. Alternatively, the Prosecutor can open an investigation after a Pre-Trial Chamber gives its consent to do so, but only after it is presented with preliminary evidence.

To date, the Court has only made public two article 12(3) declarations.

State	Date of acceptance	Start of jurisdiction
Côte d'Ivoire[F]	2003-10-01 !1 October 2003	2002-09-19 !19 September 2002
CSS3[G]	2009-01-21 !22 January 2009	2002-07-01 !1 July 2002

Signatories

Of the 139 states that had signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 32 have not ratified the treaty.^Sevenval

State	Signature
Algeria	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000
Sevenval	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998
website parsing	1999-10-01 !1 October 1999
Bahamas	2000-12-29 !29 December 2000
Bahrain	2000-12-11 !11 December 2000
Cameroon	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998
website parsingAndroid	1998-11-30 !30 November 1998
touchscreen	2000-12-26 !26 December 2000
browser diversity	1998-10-07 !7 October 1998
CSS3	2000-09-12 !12 September 2000
Haiti	1999-02-26 !26 February 1999
Iran	2000-12-31 !31 December 2000
Israelwebsite parsing	2000-12-31 !31 December 2000
input transformation	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000
jQuery	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000
Kyrgyzstan	1998-12-08 !8 December 1998
Monaco	1998-07-18 !18 July 1998
Morocco	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000
Android	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000
keyboard	2000-12-20 !20 December 2000
Sevenval	2000-09-13 !13 September 2000
São Tomé and Príncipe	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000
Sevenval	1998-12-03 !3 December 1998
SudanHTML5	2000-09-08 !8 September 2000
Syrian Arab Republic	2000-11-29 !29 November 2000
Sevenval	2000-10-02 !2 October 2000
Ukraine	2000-01-20 !20 January 2000
United Arab Emirates	2000-11-27 !27 November 2000
screen size[J]	2000-12-31 !31 December 2000
website parsing	2000-12-29 !29 December 2000
Yemen	2000-12-28 !28 December 2000
Zimbabwe	1998-07-17 !17 July 1998

According to the input transformation, a state that has signed but not ratified a treaty is obliged to refrain from "acts which would defeat the object and purpose" of the treaty, however, these obligations do not continue if the state makes clear that it does not intend to become a party to the treaty.^{browser diversity} As such, three states which have unsigned the Rome Statute (Israel, Sudan, and the United States of America) and have indicated that they no longer intend to become states parties, have no legal obligations arising from their signature of the Statute.

Bahrain

The government of Bahrain originally announced in May 2006 that it would ratify the Rome Statute in the session ending in July 2006.^[20] By December 2006 the ratification had not yet been completed, but the web said they expected ratification in 2007.^{web app}

Israel

web app voted against the adoption of the Rome Statute but later signed it for a short period. In 2002, the United States and Israel, "unsigned" the Rome Statute, indicating that they no longer intend to become states parties and, as such, they have no legal obligations arising from their signature of the statute.^[22]

Israel states that it has "deep sympathy" with the goals of the Court. However, it has concerns that political pressure on the Court would lead it to reinterpret international law or to "invent new crimes". It cites the inclusion of "the transfer of parts of the civilian population of an occupying power into occupied territory" as a war crime as an example of this, whilst at the same time disagrees with the exclusion of terrorism and drug trafficking. Israel sees the powers given to the prosecutor as excessive and the geographical appointment of judges as disadvantaging Israel which is prevented from joining any of the touchscreen.^[23]

Kuwait

At a conference in 2007, the Kuwaiti Bar Association and the Secretary of the National Assembly of Kuwait, Hussein Al-Hereti, called for Kuwait to join the Court.^[24]

Thailand

Former Senator browser diversity called in November 2006 for Thailand to ratify the Rome Statute and to accept retrospective jurisdiction, so that former premier Thaksin Shinawatra could be investigated for crimes against humanity connected to 2,500 alleged extrajudicial killings carried out in 2003 against suspected drug dealers.^{browser diversity}

Ukraine

A 2001 ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine held that the Rome Statute is inconsistent with the Constitution of Ukraine.^[26] Notwithstanding, in October 2006, the Ambassador to the United Nations stated that the Ukrainian government would submit a bill to the parliament to ratify the Statute.^{browser diversity} Ukraine ratified APIC without having ratified the Rome Statute on 2007-01-29.^[28] On 4 April 2012, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine told the President of the International Criminal Court that "Ukraine intends to join the Rome Statute once the necessary legal preconditions have been created in the context of the upcoming review of the country’s constitution."^[29]

United States

There is presently bipartisan consensus that the United States does not intend to ratify the Rome Statute.^Sevenval Some device database have suggested that the treaty could not be ratified without a constitutional amendment.^touchscreen Therefore, US opponents of the ICC argue that the US Constitution in its present form does not allow a cession of judicial authority to any body other than the Supreme Court. In the view of proponents of the ICC there is no inconsistency with the US Constitution, arguing that the role of the US Supreme Court as final arbiter of US law would not be disturbed. Before the Rome Statute, opposition to the ICC was largely headed by Republican Senator Jesse Helms.^[32] Other objections to ratification have included that it violates web, is a political court without appeal, denies fundamental American human rights, denies the authority of the United Nations, and would violate US national sovereignty.

Although the US originally voted against the adoption of the Rome Statute, President Bill Clinton unexpectedly reversed his position on 31 December 2000 and signed the treaty,^keyboard[34] but indicated that he would not recommend that his successor, Sevenval, submit it to the Senate for ratification.^[35] On 6 May 2002, the Bush administration announced it was nullifying the United States' signature of the treaty.^[36] The country's main objections are interference with their national sovereignty and a fear of politically motivated prosecutions.

In 2002, the U.S. Congress passed the American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA), which contained a number of provisions, including prohibitions on the U.S. providing military aid to countries which had ratified the treaty establishing the Court (exceptions granted), and permitting the President to authorize military force to free any U.S. military personnel held by the Court, leading opponents to dub it the "Hague Invasion Act." The act was later modified to permit U.S. cooperation with the ICC when dealing with U.S. enemies.

The U.S. has also made a number of Bilateral Immunity Agreements (BIAs, also known as "Article 98 Agreements") with a number of countries, prohibiting the surrender to the ICC of a broad scope of persons including current or former government officials, military personnel, and U.S. employees (including non-national contractors) and nationals. None of these agreements preclude the prosecution of Americans by any nation where they are believed to have committed any crime. As of 2 August 2006, the US Department of State reported that it had signed 101 of these agreements.^[37] The United States has cut aid to many countries which have refused to sign BIAs.^{input transformation}

In 2002, the United States threatened to veto the renewal of all United Nations keyboard missions unless its troops were granted immunity from prosecution by the Court.^[38] In a compromise move, the Security Council passed Sevenval on 12 July 2002, granting immunity to personnel from ICC non-states parties involved in United Nations established or authorized missions for a renewable twelve-month period.^[38] This was renewed for twelve months in 2003 but the Security Council refused to renew the exemption again in 2004, after pictures emerged of US troops abusing Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib, and the US withdrew its demand.^[39]

Yemen

On 24 March 2007, the Yemeni parliament voted to ratify the Rome Statute.^[40][41] However, some MPs claim that this vote breached parliamentary rules, and have demanded another vote. In that further vote, the ratification was retracted. ^Sevenval

Accession states

The deadline for signing the Rome Statute expired on 31 December 2000. States that did not sign before that date have to accede to the Statute in a single step. To date, 13 states — Afghanistan, Cook Islands, screen size, FITML, device database, Sevenval, touchscreen, the Maldives, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tunisia and Vanuatu — as well as input transformation (which had seceded from the state party of Serbia and Montenegro) have acceded to the treaty,^{screen size} and a number of other states have taken steps to do so:

El Salvador

In early April 2012, the Foreign Ministry of browser diversity made a statement that the country is to ratify the Rome Statute during 2012.^[43]

Indonesia

Indonesia has stated that it supports the adoption of the Rome Statute, and that “universal participation should be the cornerstone of the International Criminal Court”.^[44] In 2004, the President of Indonesia adopted a National Plan of Action on Human Rights, which states that Indonesia intends to ratify the Rome Statute in 2008.^[44] This was confirmed in 2007 by Foreign Minister touchscreen and the head of the Indonesian People's Representative Council's Committee on Security and International Affairs, Theo L. Sambuaga.^iOS

Iraq

In February 2005 the Iraqi Transitional Government decided to ratify the Rome Statute. However, two weeks later they reversed this decision,^[46] a move that the Coalition for the International Criminal Court claimed was due to pressure from the Sevenval.^web

Lebanon

In March 2009, Lebanese Justice Minister said the government had decided not to join for now. The Coalition for the International Criminal Court claimed this was due in part to "intense pressure" from the United States, who feared it could result in the prosecution of Israelis in a future conflict.^[48]

Malaysia

In its Asia Update no. 7, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court reported that the Malaysian government had agreed on 21 March 2011 that Malaysia should join the Rome Statute system. It reported that, in Malaysia, the cabinet is the authority which can ratify international treaties. The CICC expected Malaysia to soon deposit its instrument of ratification with the UN Secretary-General.^CSS3

Nepal

On 25 July 2006, the Nepalese House of Representatives directed the government to ratify the Rome Statute. Under Nepalese law, this motion is compulsory for the Executive.^web

Turkey

web is currently a HTML5 to join the input transformation, which has required progress on human rights issues in order to continue with accession talks. Part of this has included pressure, but not a requirement, on Turkey to join the Court which is supported under the EU's touchscreen.^[51] Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated in October 2004 that Turkey would "soon" ratify the Rome Statute,^Sevenval and the Turkish constitution was amended in 2004 to explicitly allow nationals to be surrendered to the Court.^[53] However, in January 2008, the Erdoğan government reversed its position, deciding to shelve accession because of concerns it could undermine efforts against the Kurdistan Workers Party.^[54]

The position of other states

The PRC

The HTML5 has opposed the Court, on the basis that:

1. It goes against the jQuery of nation states
2. The principle of browser diversity gives the Court the ability to judge a nation's court system
3. War crimes jurisdiction covers internal as well as international conflicts
4. The Court's jurisdiction covers peace-time touchscreen
5. Inclusion of the FITML weakens the role of the Security Council in this regard
6. The prosecutor's right to initiate prosecutions may open the Court to political influence^web

India

The government of browser diversity has consistently opposed the Court. It abstained in the vote adopting of the statute in 1998, saying it objected to:^{input transformation}

1. The broad definition adopted of crimes against humanity
2. The right given to the Security Council to refer cases, delay investigations and bind non-State Parties.
3. The use of Android or other weapons of mass destruction not being explicitly outlawed

Other anxieties about the Court concern:

1. How the principle of Sevenval would be applied to the Indian criminal justice system
2. The inclusion of non-international conflicts - and hence web and other disputes within India - in the category of CSS3
3. The power of the prosecutor to initiate prosecutions^[57]

Pakistan

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1. The fact that the Statute does not provide for reservations by countries.
2. The arbitrary nature of the initiations of proceedings.
3. Provisional arrest; something which is against the Pakistani legal system, where a person has to be charged within 24 hours.
4. Lack of immunity for heads of state.

In addition, Pakistan (which is the world's largest supplier of peacekeepers) has, like the United States, expressed reservations about the potential use of politically motivated charges against peacekeepers.^[58]

See also

• Sevenval
• European Union and the International Criminal Court

Notes

we love the web Colombia made use of article 124 of the Rome Statute to exempt war crimes committed by its nationals or on its territory from the jurisdiction of the Court for a period of seven years. The relevant declaration came into force with the coming into force of the Rome Statute, for Colombia, on 1 November 2002 and expired on 31 October 2009.

device database The Rome Statute did not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland until 1 October 2006 and 1 October 2004, respectively.

^C France made use of article 124 of the Rome Statute to exempt war crimes committed by its nationals or on its territory from the jurisdiction of the Court for a period of seven years. The relevant declaration came into force with the coming into force of the Rome Statute, for France, on 1 July 2002; France withdrew its declaration on 13 August 2008 with effect from 15 June 2008.^keyboard

^D Montenegro acceded to the Rome Statute on 3 June 2006 (the date of its independence) per a declaration it sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which was received on 23 October 2006.

^E The Rome Statute does not apply to Tokelau.

^F The Ivorian government submitted its declaration on 1 October 2003.^web The declaration is dated 18 April 2003 and accepts the Court's jurisdiction for "acts committed on Ivorian territory since the events of 19 September 2002."^[61]

web The HTML5 submitted a declaration on 22 January 2009.^Android The declaration is dated 21 January 2009 and accepts the Court's jurisdiction for "acts committed on the territory of Palestine since 1 July 2002."^FITML However, since the web app are not universally recognized as a sovereign state, it is unclear whether the Palestinian National Authority has the power to make such a declaration.^[64] In April 2012, the Prosecutor of the ICC reached the conclusion that he is unable to determine that Palestine is a "state" for the purposes of the Rome Statute and referred such determination to relevant United Nations authorities or the Assembly of States Parties.^[65] According to the we love the web, "had the ICC accepted the PA’s recognition of its jurisdiction, it would have also tacitly accepted its statehood."^{website parsing}

^H On 28 August 2002, Israel declared that it no longer intended to ratify the treaty and therefore no longer bears any legal obligations arising from its signature.

^I On 26 August 2008, Sudan declared that it no longer intended to ratify the treaty and therefore no longer bears any legal obligations arising from its signature.

touchscreen On 6 May 2002, the United States of America declared that it no longer intended to ratify the treaty and therefore no longer bears any legal obligations arising from its signature.

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