aim - primary judicial organ of the UN
members - (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to represent all principal legal systems
International Criminal Court (ICCt): established - 11 April 2002
aim - to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
members - (89) Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia,
Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia,
Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,
East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Jordan, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall
Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia
and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda,
UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia
signatory states - (54) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile,
Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco,
Mozambique, Oman, Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and
Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine,
UAE, US, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established -
NA September 1923 set up as the International Criminal Police
Commission; 13 June 1956 constitution modified and present name adopted
aim - to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
members - (181) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland,
France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles,
NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua
New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,
Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand,
Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine,
UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
subbureaus - (14) American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin
Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau, Montserrat,
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin
Islands