States Parties To The Rome Statute of The International Criminal Court - Signatories

Signatories

Of the 139 states that had signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 31 have not ratified the treaty.

According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 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. 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.