Three Arab states ratified the International criminal court
Three Arab countries which are Jordan, Djibouti and Yemen have ratified the constituent of the International Criminal Court, while most of the other Arab countries signed the court's founding agreement, but did not ratify it for different reasons.
The UN human rights higher commissioner in the Arab region, Ameen Makke Madani, explained that certain Arab states say they are studying and reviewing their internal decisions to make sure that there are no contradiction between internal and external laws.
Mekki indicated that there are foreign pressures on the Arab states by certain countries which oppose the foundation of the International Criminal Court especially the USA which initially opposes the court because its forces are deployed in all parts of the world and seeks not to expose them to trials outside the USA, on the belief that such trials might be political or the like.
Washington, however, signed bilateral agreements with 40 countries out of 90 countries signed the foundation of the court in order to ensure the Americans immunity in these countries.
This court has become operational in the first of July 2002 in the Hague to be the first permanent court in charge of chasing persons accused of mass annihilation crimes and wars and wars against humanity.
