Which Countries Recognize the International Criminal Court?

In a move which provoked anger in Moscow, Armenia's parliament voted Tuesday to join the international criminal court (ICC) - ratifying the treaty it had so far only signed, at its 1998 inception. Citing the will to address alleged war crimes committed by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia's prime minister has sought to assure the Kremlin that joining the ICC is not a change of course aimed at its traditional ally Russia. As an ICC member, Armenia would now be obliged to arrest Russian President Putin if he were to enter the country. Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has described the decision as incorrect “from the point of view of our bilateral relations.”

Russia and the U.S. are the two major world economies that have signed but not yet ratified the Rome Statute underlying the ICC.