Over 120 states participated in establishing the International Criminal Court.

Omissions

• The precise 1998 figure for states voting in favour of the Rome Statute was exactly 120 (not more than 120); the 'over 120' framing is accurate only when counting signatories (139) or current States Parties (125).
• Some counts list 124 States Parties plus the Palestinian territories rather than a flat 125, depending on how Palestine is classified in the tally.
• The claim is a rhetorical framing in the context of criticism of actions against the Court; it does not mention that several major powers (United States, China, India, Russia, Israel) are not parties, which is relevant context for the 'will of the international community' argument.

Sources

• PrimaryInternational Criminal Court — Assembly of States Parties: The States Parties to the Rome Statute"125 countries are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Out of them 33 are African States, 19 are Asia-Pacific States, 20 are from Eastern Europe, 28 are from Latin American and Caribbean States, and 25 are from Western European and other States."
• PrimaryUnited Nations — Press Release L/2889, UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an ICC"As it concluded in Rome five weeks of deliberations, the Conference adopted, by a vote of 120 in favour to 7 against, with 21 abstentions, the Statute for the Court."
• SecondaryCouncil on Foreign Relations — The Role of the International Criminal Court (ICC)"As of 2026, there are 124 states party to the Rome Statute of the ICC—plus the Palestinian territories—spanning Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean."