aint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, 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established - 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of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) - (97) 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, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti,
Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho,
Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 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 (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the
treaty) - (46) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire,
Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau,
Haiti, Iran, Is