Burkina Faso, Mali and NigerThe three governments issued a joint statement on 22 January local time.Declaration of Withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court¡£

The statement said that the three countries successively ratified the The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court from 2000 to 2004, and have been cooperating with the International Criminal Court since then in accordance with the Statute and related agreements. But as time goes by,The International Criminal Court has become an instrument of neocolonial repression in the hands of imperialism., becoming a "global model of selective justice".

The statement said that this decision of the three countries "reflects the will of the member countries of the Alliance of Sahel States to defend their sovereignty" and stressed that the member countries of the Alliance of Sahel States will rely on local mechanisms to consolidate peace and justice.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which entered into force in July 2002.

In September 2023, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso signed the Liptako-Gurma Charter in Bamako, the capital of Mali, agreeing to establish the Union of Sahrawi States.On July 6, 2024, the military leaders of the three countries held the first summit of the Sahrawi Coalition member states in Niger's capital Niamey and announced the establishment of the Union of Sahrawi States.