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Introduction
Series A: Collection of Judgments (1923-1930)
Series B: Collection of Advisory Opinions (1923-1930)
Series A/B: Collection of Judgments, Orders and Advisory Opinions (from 1931)
Series C: Acts and documents relating to Judgments and Advisory Opinions given by the Court / Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents
Series D: Acts and Documents concerning the organization of the Court
Series E: Annual Reports
Series F: General Indexes
Other documents
Article 35, paragraph 1, of the Statute provides that the Court shall be open to the States parties to the Statute, and Article 93, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations provides that all Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the Statute.
The following 193 States are currently Members of the United Nations (the dates on which some have made declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the Court are also listed):
| State | Admission date | Declaration |
|---|---|---|
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19 November 1946 |
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14 December 1955 |
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8 October 1962 |
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28 July 1993 |
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1 December 1976 |
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11 November 1981 |
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|
Original Member |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
Original Member |
22 March 2002 |
|
14 December 1955 |
19 May 1971 |
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
18 September 1973 |
|
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21 September 1971 |
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|
17 September 1974 |
|
|
9 December 1966 |
1 August 1980 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
17 June 1958 |
|
25 September 1981 |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
21 September 1971 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
22 May 1992 |
|
|
17 October 1966 |
16 March 1970 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
21 September 1984 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
27 November 2015 |
|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
18 September 1962 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
19 September 1957 |
|
20 September 1960 |
3 March 1994 |
|
Original Member |
10 May 1994 |
|
16 September 1975 |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
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|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
12 November 1975 |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
Original Member |
20 February 1973 |
|
20 September 1960 |
29 August 2001 |
|
22 May 1992 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
3 September 2002 |
|
19 January 1993 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
17 September 1991 |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
8 February 1989 |
|
Original Member |
10 December 1956 |
|
20 September 1977 |
2 September 2005 |
|
18 December 1978 |
24 March 2006 |
|
Original Member |
30 September 1924 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
22 July 1957 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
12 November 1968 |
11 August 2017 |
|
28 May 1993 |
|
|
17 September 1991 |
21 October 1991 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
18 September 1973 |
|
|
13 October 1970 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
25 June 1958 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
21 September 1965 |
22 June 1966 |
|
31 July 1992 |
20 June 1995 |
|
18 September 1973 |
30 April 2008 |
|
8 March 1957 |
|
|
Original Member |
14 January 2015 |
|
17 September 1974 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
12 December 1958 |
4 December 1998 |
|
17 September 1974 |
7 August 1989 |
|
20 September 1966 |
|
|
Original Member |
4 October 1921 |
|
Original Member |
6 June 1986 |
|
14 December 1955 |
22 October 1992 |
|
19 November 1946 |
|
|
Original Member |
18 September 1974 |
|
28 September 1950 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
15 December 2011 |
|
11 May 1949 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
25 November 2014 |
|
18 September 1962 |
|
|
18 December 1956 |
6 October 2015 |
|
14 December 1955 |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
16 December 1963 |
19 April 1965 |
|
14 September 1999 |
|
|
14 May 1963 |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
|
|
17 September 1991 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
17 October 1966 |
6 September 2000 |
|
Original Member |
20 March 1952 |
|
14 December 1955 |
|
|
18 September 1990 |
29 March 1950 |
|
17 September 1991 |
21 September 2012 |
|
Original Member |
15 September 1930 |
|
20 September 1960 |
2 July 1992 |
|
1 December 1964 |
12 December 1966 |
|
17 September 1957 |
|
|
21 September 1965 |
|
|
28 September 1960 |
|
|
1 December 1964 |
2 September 1983 |
|
17 September 1991 |
24 April 2013 |
|
27 October 1961 |
|
|
24 April 1968 |
23 September 1968 |
|
Original Member |
28 October 1947 |
|
17 September 1991 |
|
|
28 May 1993 |
|
|
27 October 1961 |
|
|
28 June 2006 |
|
|
12 November 1956 |
|
|
16 September 1975 |
|
|
19 April 1948 |
|
|
23 April 1990 |
|
|
14 September 1999 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
|
|
Original Member |
21 February 2017 |
|
Original Member |
22 September 1977 |
|
Original Member |
24 September 1946 |
|
20 September 1960 |
|
|
7 October 1960 |
30 April 1998 |
|
Original Member |
24 June 1996 |
|
7 October 1971 |
|
|
30 September 1947 |
29 March 2017 |
|
15 December 1994 |
|
|
Original Member |
25 October 1921 |
|
10 October 1975 |
|
|
Original Member |
25 September 1996 |
|
Original Member |
7 July 2003 |
|
Original Member |
18 January 1972 |
|
Original Member |
25 March 1996 |
|
14 December 1955 |
25 February 2005 |
|
21 September 1971 |
|
|
17 September 1991 |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
23 June 2015 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
18 September 1962 |
|
|
23 September 1983 |
|
|
18 September 1979 |
|
|
16 September 1980 |
|
|
15 December 1976 |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
16 September 1975 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
28 September 1960 |
2 December 1985 |
|
1 November 2000 |
|
|
1 November 2000 |
|
|
21 September 1976 |
|
|
27 September 1961 |
|
|
21 September 1965 |
|
|
19 January 1993 |
28 May 2004 |
|
22 May 1992 |
|
|
19 September 1978 |
|
|
20 September 1960 |
11 April 1963 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
14 July 2011 |
|
|
14 December 1955 |
29 October 1990 |
|
14 December 1955 |
|
|
12 November 1956 |
2 January 1958 |
|
4 December 1975 |
31 August 1987 |
|
24 September 1968 |
26 May 1969 |
|
19 November 1946 |
6 April 1957 |
|
10 September 2002 |
28 July 1948 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
2 February 1992 |
|
|
16 December 1946 |
|
|
8 April 1993 |
|
|
27 September 2002 |
21 September 2012 |
|
20 September 1960 |
25 October 1979 |
|
14 September 1999 |
|
|
18 September 1962 |
|
|
12 November 1956 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
5 September 2000 |
|
|
25 October 1962 |
3 October 1963 |
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
9 December 1971 |
|
|
Original Member |
22 February 2017 |
|
16 December 1963 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
Original Member |
28 January 1921 |
|
2 March 1992 |
|
|
15 September 1981 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
20 September 1977 |
|
|
30 September 1947 |
|
|
Original Member |
|
|
1 December 1964 |
|
|
25 August 1980 |
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