(Patria) - Hungary announced yesterday that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the first day of the visit to Budapest by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for whom the ICC issued an arrest warrant.
"Hungary is leaving the ICC. The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure, in accordance with the international legal framework," announced Gergely Gulyas, head of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's cabinet, on Facebook.
Budapest has criticized the institution several times, considering it "politically biased".
Ultimately, it decided to follow the example of US President Donald Trump, who imposed sanctions on the ICC in February due to its "illegitimate and unfounded actions against America and its close ally Israel".
The ICC declined to comment. A state's withdrawal from the ICC takes effect one year after the official submission of documents to the UN General Secretariat.
In November 2024, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.
Hungary immediately condemned this, saying it was "shocked by this shameful decision". Israel then welcomed Hungary's "moral clarity".
Hungary signed the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, in 1999, and ratified it two years later, during Orbán's first term. However, it did not ratify the accompanying convention due to constitutional reasons and claims it is not obliged to respect the Court's decisions.
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