EU state votes to ditch ICC
Posted on: Apr 29, 2025 22:37 IST | Posted by: Rt
republic of hungary’s subject assemblage has voted to draw from the International crook Court (ICC), Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. He described the institution as biased and discredited.
The decision was passed with a more than two-thirds majority on Tuesday.
“The Hungarian Parliament just voted to withdraw from the @IntlCrimCourt. With this decision, we refuse to be part of a politicized institution that has lost its impartiality and credibility,” Szijjarto wrote on X.
Earlier this month, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused the ICC of losing its impartiality and becoming a “political tribunal.” He announced his intention to end Budapest’s participation during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary.
Last November, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three figures in the Hamas leadership, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump has sanctioned the ICC and its chief prosecutor Karim Khan for going after top Israeli officials. The US is not a party to the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding treaty, and neither are China, Russia, and Israel, among others.
In March of 2023, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged unlawful deportation and transfer of children from former Ukrainian territories. Moscow has criticized the order as “null and void,” insisting that the children were evacuated from the front line for their own safety, and can be returned to their legal guardians upon request.
The judicial body lacks the ability to enforce its warrants, and relies on member states to detain and transfer suspects.
Hungary’s withdrawal requires notifying the UN Secretary-General, after which it will take effect one year later. Until then, Hungary remains obligated to cooperate with the ICC under the terms of the Rome Statute.
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