<P> The United States is not a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), which founded the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002 as a permanent international criminal court to "bring to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes known to humankind--war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide", when national courts are unable or unwilling to do so . </P> <P> As of November 2016, 124 states are members of the Court . Other states that have not become parties to the Rome Statute include India, Indonesia, and China . On May 6, 2002, the United States, in a position shared with Israel and Sudan, having previously signed the Rome Statute formally withdrew its signature and indicated that it did not intend to ratify the agreement . </P>

The united states has not ratified the treaty to participate in the international criminal court