The military-led West African nations denounced the ICC as a tool of neocolonial repression in a statement published on Monday.
The three countries are currently ruled by military officers who have already split from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS.
These nations have also significantly curbed their defence cooperation with traditional Western powers.
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had been members of the ICC in The Hague for more than two decades.
The statement also accused the ICC of being ineffective against crimes of aggression and genocide.
All three nations are currently battling Islamist militant groups that control large territories.
Human Rights Watch and other organisations have accused both militants and national militaries of possible atrocity crimes.
The ICC has maintained an open investigation in Mali since 2013 over alleged war crimes.
Those northern regions had fallen under militant control before France’s military intervention later that year.
The Mali investigation was originally opened following a referral from the country’s government at the time. – Reuters
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