States entitled to appear before the Court

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 those States which have made declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the Court are also listed):