International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court
Formation	1 July 2002
Type	•  legal •  international
Interest of	John Bellinger
An international tribunal to prosecute individuals for war crimes. Over 120 nations in the world have signed up, including almost all of Europe and the Americas, but with several non-signatories including USA, Russia, India and China.

A permanent international tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (jurisdiction for the crime of aggression beginning in 2017 at the earliest).

Membership

Map of the world with parties to the International Criminal Court

  International Criminal Court members

  Signed but not ratified and have accepted the court's jurisdiction

  Signed but not ratified

  Neither signed nor acceded

NATO Impunity

The court echoes a wider culture of impunity for NATO members, so, for example, Radovan Karadžić was jailed for 40 years as a war criminal, but George W. Bush and Tony Blair have not even been charged for committing a war of aggression which is widely undeerstood to have been illegal and which even a UK Deputy Prime Minister termed as auch.

 

Known members

121 of the 122 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Afghanistan	"The graveyard of empires" - Afghanistan has a reputation for undoing ambitious military ventures and humiliating would-be aggressors.
Albania	A small country in Southeastern Europe.
Andorra	A micro state in Europe. An enclave between France and Spain.
Antigua and Barbuda	Small island nation in the Caribbean Sea, formerly part of the British Empire.
Argentina	Second biggest country in South America.
Australia	A large island nation in the southern hemisphere which is pioneering universal surveillance of its citizenry.
Austria	German-speaking republic in Central Europe. Since the end of the Cold War, Austria has become increasingly westernised.
Bangladesh	8th most populated country in the world. Formerly part of the British Empire.
Barbados	Scenic Caribbean island nation. Formerly part of the British Empire
Belgium	Former European colonial power
Belize	The only Central American country which is a Commonwealth realm.
Benin	French speaking country in West Africa.
Bolivia	Mountainous country in South America, a large producer of cocaine. Formerly part of the Spanish Empire.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	small nation in the Balkans.
Botswana	Country in Southern Africa. Formerly part of the British Empire, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
Brazil	Very large and not particularly populous country which has made a priority of biofuels.
Bulgaria	The poorest country in the European Union.
Burkina Faso	African country; formely part of the French Empire.
Cambodia	A Buddhist nation in Indochina.
Canada	If tar sands are counted, Canada possesses the 3rd largest oil reserves of any nation state.
Cape Verde	African island nation. Independence from Portugal in 1975.
Central African Republic	Unstable, poor African country. They speak Sango and French in the CAR.
Chad	Arabic and French speaking desert nation in North Africa. Formerly part of the French Empire, Chad has seen instability in recent years.
Chile	Spanish-speaking MEDC in South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Colombia	Colombia is an important state in the trafficking of cocaine to North America.
Comoros	Obscure island nation off the east coast of Africa. A nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations, The Comoros is noted for its diverse culture.
Costa Rica	An armyless country between Nicaragua and Panama
Croatia	Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Croatia is westernising at a rapid rate, with membership of the European Union and NATO being achieved relatively quickly after independence.
Cyprus	A small, divided, island in the Mediterranean. Greek Cyrpus was aggressively pushing the COVID-19/Vaccine in May 2021.
Czech Republic	Formerly communist, central European nation.
Côte d'Ivoire	The Ivory Coast.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	A large country in central Africa, the majority of the former 'Belgian Congo'.
Denmark	Member of the EU, NATO.
Djibouti	small country in East Africa.
Dominican Republic	Caribbean country; shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
East Timor	An island country in Southeast Asia.
Ecuador	Offered asylum to Julian Assange.
Eire	Island off the coast of Great Britain. Ireland is a member of the EU but not NATO.
El Salvador	A small Spanish-speaking nation state in Central America. Brutal CIA proxy war in the 1980s
Estonia	Estonia is the most northern of the Baltic States. Formerly part of the USSR, now EU and NATO.
Fiji	One of the world's first nation states to mandate Covid vaccination for certain adults.
Finland	Nordic country, borders Russia.
France	A European nation, former colonial power, permanent seat on the UNSC
Gabon	French speaking country on the west coast of Africa.
Gambia	The smallest country in mainland Africa.
Georgia	A former part of the USSR.
Germany	"The economic powerhouse of Europe" - Germany dominates the European Union.
Ghana	Formerly known as the "Gold Coast", Ghana has one of the most stable governments in Africa. A member of the African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations
Greece	"In 2006... the third biggest arms importer after China and India."
Grenada	A Caribbean island, that had a coup in the 1980s.
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