International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU): established
- December 1949
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (241 affiliated organizations in the following 155 countries
plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,
Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,
Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati,
South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand,
Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK,
US, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation
Organization
International Court of Justice (ICJ): note - also known as the World
Court
established - 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of International Justice
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 (countries that have ratified the treaty) - (102) Afghanistan,
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada,
Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia,
Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall
Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ,
Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia; note -
Comoros and Saint Kitts and Nevis became full members on 1 November
2006