A Study on the Reasons and Effects of Non-accession of Some States to the Statute of International Criminal Court (ICC)

One of the challenging subjects in political and legal matters is the accession to the statute of the international criminal court (ICC). the most significant reason of the failure of states to adhere to the statute is their concern over the interference of the security council as contained in articles 13 and 16 of the statute. The other reason behind this reluctance is the non-immunity of the highranking heads of states for the commission of the crimes during their terms of office. Since non-accession would not release the governances from the imposition of political pressures and the exercise of the jurisdiction of ICC because of the fact that nearly ninety percent of the substantiye provisions of the court entering into the common Low has turned to a mandatory rule in international law; Therefore the states shall, by making the appropriate mechanisms, criminate the crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC and use the legal tricks like making declaration appendixed to the accession documents to the way for adherence.