Which Countries Have Joined the ICC?

A Rome Statute Ratification Ceremony at the UN, April 11, 2002. Evan Schneider/UN.

As of May 1, 2013, there will be 122 States Parties and 139 signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the treaty which established and now governs the ICC.

Countries that have signed the Rome Statute have indicated their intention to ratify or accede to the treaty, and thus under international law must not take actions to "defeat the object and purpose of" the treaty.

Countries that have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute have joined the Court and thus are ICC States Parties.

The United States has not yet joined the ICC.

Country	Date of Signature	Date of Ratification/Accession
Afghanistan		10 February 2003
Albania	18 July 2002	31 January 2003
Algeria	28 December 2000
Andorra	18 July 1998	30 April 2001
Angola	7 October 1998
Antigua and Barbuda	23 October 1998	18 June 2001
Argentina	8 January 1999	8 February 2001
Armenia	1 October 1999
Australia	9 December 1998	1 July 2002
Austria	7 October 1998	28 December 2000
Bahamas	29 December 2000
Bahrain	11 December 2000
Bangladesh	16 September 1999	23 March 2010
Barbados	8 September 2000	10 December 2002
Belgium	10 September 1998	28 June 2000
Belize	5 April 2000	5 April 2000
Benin	24 September 1999	22 January 2002
Bolivia	17 July 1998	27 June 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	17 July 2000	11 April 2002
Botswana	8 September 2000	8 September 2000
Brazil	7 February 2000	20 June 2002
Bulgaria	11 February 1999	11 April 2002
Burkina Faso	30 November 1998	16 April 2004
Burundi	13 January 1999	21 September 2004
Cambodia	23 October 2000	11 April 2002
Cameroon	17 July 1998
Canada	18 December 1998	7 July 2000
Cape Verde	28 December 2000	12 October 2011
Central African Republic	7 December 1999	3 October 2001
Chad	20 October 1999	1 November 2006
Chile	11 September 1998	29 June 2009
Colombia	10 December 1998	5 August 2002
Comoros	22 September 2000	18 August 2006
Congo, Republic of	17 July 1998	3 May 2004
Cook Islands		18 July 2008
Costa Rica	7 October 1998	7 June 2001
Cote d'Ivoire	30 November 1998	15 February 2013
Croatia	12 October 1998	21 May 2001
Cyprus	15 October 1998	7 March 2002
Czech Republic	13 April 1999	21 July 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8 September 2000	11 April 2002
Denmark	25 September 1998	21 June 2001
Djibouti	7 October 1998	5 November 2002
Dominica		12 February 2001
Dominican Republic	8 September 2000	12 May 2005
East Timor		6 September 2002
Ecuador	7 October 1998	5 February 2002
Egypt	26 December 2000
Eritrea	7 October 1998
Estonia	27 December 1999	30 January 2002
Fiji	29 November 1999	29 November 1999
Finland	7 October 1998	29 December 2000
France	18 July 1998	9 June 2000
Gabon	22 December 1998	20 September 2000
Gambia	4 December 1998	28 June 2002
Georgia	18 July 1998	5 September 2003
Germany	10 December 1998	11 December 2000
Ghana	18 July 1998	20 December 1999
Greece	18 July 1998	15 May 2002
Grenada		19 May 2011
Guatemala		2 April 2012
Guinea	7 September 2000	14 July 2003
Guinea-Bissau	12 September 2000
Guyana	28 December 2000	24 September 2004
Haiti	26 February 1999
Honduras	7 October 1998	1 July 2002
Hungary	15 January 1999	30 November 2001
Iceland	26 August 1998	25 May 2000
Iran, Islamic Republic of	31 December 2000
Ireland	7 October 1998	11 April 2002
Israel1	31 December 2000
Italy	18 July 1998	26 July 1999
Jamaica	8 September 2000
Japan		17 July 2007
Jordan	7 October 1998	11 April 2002
Kenya	11 August 1999	15 March 2005
Kuwait	8 September 2000
Kyrgyzstan	8 December 1998
Latvia	22 April 1999	28 June 2002
Lesotho	30 November 1998	6 September 2000
Liberia	17 July 1998	22 September 2004
Liechtenstein	18 July 1998	2 October 2001
Lithuania	10 December 1998	12 May 2003
Luxembourg	13 October 1998	8 September 2000
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of	7 October 1998	6 March 2002
Madagascar	18 July 1998	14 March 2008
Malawi	3 March 1999	19 September 2002
Maldives		21 September 2011
Mali	17 July 1998	16 August 2000
Malta	17 July 1998	29 November 2002
Marshall Islands	6 September 2000	7 December 2000
Mauritius	11 November 1998	5 March 2002
Mexico	7 September 2000	28 October 2005
Monaco	18 July 1998
Mongolia	29 December 2000	11 April 2002
Montenegro		23 October 2006
Morocco	8 September 2000
Mozambique	28 December 2000
Namibia	27 October 1998	25 June 2002
Nauru	13 December 2000	12 November 2001
Netherlands	18 July 1998	17 July 2001
New Zealand	7 October 1998	7 September 2000
Niger	17 July 1998	11 April 2002
Nigeria	1 June 2000	27 September 2001
Norway	28 August 1998	16 February 2000
Oman	20 December 2000
Panama	18 July 1998	21 March 2002
Paraguay	7 October 1998	14 May 2001
Peru	7 December 2000	10 November 2001
Philippines	28 December 2000	30 August 2011
Poland	9 April 1999	12 November 2001
Portugal	7 October 1998	5 February 2002
Korea, Republic of	8 March 2000	13 November 2002
Moldova, Republic of	8 September 2000	12 October 2010
Romania	7 July 1999	11 April 2002
Russian Federation	13 September 2000
Saint Kitts and Nevis		22 August 2006
Saint Lucia	27 August 1999	18 August 2010
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		3 December 2002
Samoa	17 July 1998	16 September 2002
San Marino	18 July 1998	13 May 1999
Sao Tome and Principe	28 December 2000
Senegal	18 July 1998	2 February 1999
Serbia	19 December 2000	6 September 2001
Seychelles	28 December 2000	10 August 2010
Sierra Leone	17 October 1998	15 September 2000
Slovakia	23 December 1998	11 April 2002
Slovenia	7 October 1998	31 December 2001
Solomon Islands	3 December 1998
South Africa	17 July 1998	27 November 2000
Spain	18 July 1998	24 October 2000
Sudan2	8 September 2000
Suriname		15 July 2008
Sweden	7 October 1998	28 June 2001
Switzerland	18 July 1998	12 October 2001
Syrian Arab Republic	29 November 2000
Tajikistan	30 November 1998	5 May 2000
Tanzania, United Republic of	29 December 2000	20 August 2002
Thailand	2 October 2000
Trinidad & Tobago	23 March 1999	6 April 1999
Tunisia		22 June 2011
Uganda	17 March 1999	14 June 2002
Ukraine	20 January 2000
United Arab Emirates	27 November 2000
United Kingdom	30 November 1998	4 October 2001
United States of America3	31 December 2000
Uruguay	19 December 2000	28 June 2002
Uzbekistan	29 December 2000
Vanuatu		2 December 2011
Venezuela	14 October 1998	7 June 2000
Yemen	28 December 2000
Zambia	17 July 1998	13 November 2002
Zimbabwe	17 July 1998

On August 28, 2002 the UN Secretary-General, in his capacity as treaty depositary, received the following communication from the government of Israel:

...[I]n connection with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted on 17 July 1998, [...] Israel does not intend to become a party to the treaty. Accordingly, Israel has no legal obligations arising from its signature on 31 December 2000. Israel requests that its intention not to become a party, as expressed in this letter, be reflected in the depositary's status lists relating to this treaty.
On August 26, 2008 the UN Secretary-General, in his capacity as treaty depositary, received the following communication from the government of Sudan:

..., Sudan does not intend to become a party to the Rome Statute. Accordingly, Sudan has no legal obligation arising from its signature on 8 September 2000.
On May 6, 2002 the UN Secretary-General, in his capacity as treaty depositary, received the following communication from the government of the United States of America:

...[I]n connection with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted on July 17, 1998, [...] the United States does not intend to become a party to the treaty. Accordingly, the United States has no legal obligations arising from its signature on December 31, 2000. The United States requests that its intention not to become a party, as expressed in this letter, be reflected in the depositary's status lists relating to this treaty.