International Judicial BodiesCompulsory Jurisdiction Across the Globe

Inter-State Judicial Bodies

Note: Updated visualizations previously published in Alter, 2013

ITLOS

WTO AB

ICJ

International Criminal Court

States colored according to the acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction of one, two, or three international judicial bodies for inter-state disputes considered(ICJ, WTO AB, ITLOS)

States not accepting compulsory jurisdiction of any of the three bodies considered

States that have

Statute of the ICC

States that have not

Statute of the ICC

States that have

Immunity Agreement with the United States

Referral byICC State Party

Referral byUN Security Council

Proprio Motu investigation by the ICC

Situations that have been formally investigated by the ICC since its creation:

AlbaniaAndorraBosnia & Herz.GeorgiaMacedoniaMonacoMontenegroSan MarinoSerbiaSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom

IcelandLiechtensteinNorway

Armenia AzerbaijanRep. of Moldova

Russian Fed.

Belarus

AustriaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakia SloveniaSpainSweden

Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands

ECtHR

EFTA C

ECCIS

CJEU

BCJ

ACtHPR

Algeria

MauritaniaTunisia

Libya

COMESA CJ

DjiboutiEgyptSudan

EritreaEthiopia

EACJ

BurundiKenyaRwandaUganda

SADC T

D.R.C.Madagascar Seychelles Swaziland Zambia ZimbabweAngolaBotswanaNamibia

MauritiusMalawiLesothoMozambiqueSouth Africa

ECOWAS CJ

GambiaGhanaNigeria

Cape VerdeLiberiaSierra Leone

WAEMU CJ

Burkina FasoCôte d’IvoireMaliNigerSenegalTogo

CEMAC CJ

GabonRep. of Congo

CameroonCentral Afr. Rep.Equ. Guinea

Chad

BeninGuineaGuinea-Bissau

Comoros

Tanzania

OHADA CCJ

IACtHR

ChileCosta Rica Dominican Rep. HaitiMexicoPanama

Colombia EcuadorPeru

Bolivia ArgentinaBrazil

ATJEl Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua

CACJ

MPRT

BarbadosSuriname

CCJ Antig. and BarbudaBelizeDominicaGrenadaGuyanaJamaicaSt. Kitts & Nev.St. LuciaSt. Vinc. & the Gren.Trinidad & Tobago

Not accepting jurisdictionof a regional court:

BahamasCanadaCubaUnited States

Brunei Cambodia Indonesia LaosMalaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore ThailandViet Nam

ASEAN AB*

Not accepting jurisdictionof a regional court:

AustraliaAfghanistanBangladeshBhutanChinaD.P.R. KoreaIndiaJapanMaldivesMongoliaNepalNew ZealandPakistanPalauRep. of KoreaSrl LankaTimor-Leste

EuropeAfrica, Middle East & Arab World Americas

Judicial Bodies of Regional Integration Agreements and Human Rights Courts: Overlapping Jurisdictions

Judicial Body Seat Regional reach

ParaguayUruguay

Not accepting jurisdictionof a regional court:

IranIsraelMoroccoSao Tomé and Principe

Not accepting jurisdictionof a regional court:

Holy See

DataKaren J. Alter, Cesare P.R. Romano

[as of 1st July 2013]

VisualizationFrancesco Sebregondi / Forensic Architecture

CEEC

Venezuela

TanzaniaTanzania

AICBahrainIraqJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanPalestineQatarSaudi ArabiaSomaliaSudanSyriaU.A.E.Yemen

Uzbekistan

KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistan

* Statute adopted, judicial body not yet operational

Universal reach

CACJ (Managua) CCJ

MPRT

ATJ

IACtHR

ICJICC

ITLOS

WTO AB

ECtHR, CJEU, EFTA C, BCJ, ICTY, STL

ECCIS, CEEC

SCSL

OHADA CCJ

WAEMU CJ

ECOWAS CJ

CEMAC CJ

SADC T ACtHPR, EACJ, ICTR

COMESA CJ

AIC

B&H WCC

ASEAN AB

ECCC

FromRomano C./Alter K./Shany Y. (eds.),

The Handbook of International Adjudication (Oxford University Press, 2014)