PENAL MATTERS · XVIII-10

Afghanistan and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Afghanistan became bound on 2003-02-10, by accession, the 73rd state to do so.

Treaty

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

State

Afghanistan

Signed

not signed

Became bound

2003-02-10 — by accession

Treaty in force since

1 July 2002, in accordance with article 126.

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 73 in order of becoming party
• 127 states bound in total
• Rome treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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