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6. Hungary withdrew from the ICC treaty during this visit

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:59 PM

Apr 3

Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced.

A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government confirmed this hours after Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit.
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Hungary is a founding member of the ICC, which counts 125 member states, and will be the first European Union nation to pull out of it. A withdrawal has no impact on ongoing proceedings.

During a joint press conference, Orban asserted that the ICC had become a "political court". He added the court's decision to issue a warrant against the Israeli leader "clearly showed" this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c807lm2003zo

Authoritarian birds of a feather stick together ... this means Trump and Putin will be able to visit Hungary without looking over their shoulders.

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Netanyahu jets to Orbn's Hungary, a safe haven from his international arrest warrant [View all] Mr. Sparkle Apr 3 OP

You might not be safe there either Yahoo.......... Bengus81 Apr 3 #1

Orban hates Jews................ Lovie777 Apr 3 #2

Turns out you can be as anti-semitic as you want, as long as you're donating to Likud coffers. Crowman2009 Apr 3 #3

Post removed Post removed Apr 3 #4

Bibi is a murderous thug, as are all that support him and his war on Palestinians. The nation of Israel seems to Exp Apr 3 #5

Hungary withdrew from the ICC treaty during this visit muriel_volestrangler Apr 3 #6

If I remember the news article correctly, Orban was shuttled out of the country yesterday because of in2herbs Apr 3 #7