Hungary is from the International Criminal Court for Netanyahua. What does this mean?
3. Apr 2025 at 20:51
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Slovakia is also a signatory.
Budapest, BRATISLAVA. Hungary will not hold the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuato which the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a disputed arrest warrant. Budapest informed about it in advance, but recently confirmed that she stepped out of the Roman Statute, the basic contract by which the court is established.
Netanyahu came to Budapest on Thursday and described the decision as « courageous and principled ».
The court issued an Israeli svetter in connection with Israeli operations in Gaza band. Are a reaction to the terrorist attack of the movement Hamas of October 7, 2023, no Israel For their intensity, it faces allegations, even from genocide.
« It is no longer an independent court, the court of the government of the law. It is a political court. It is clear in the light of his decisions about Israel, » said Hungarian Prime Minister at a joint press conference with Netanyahu, He writes Reuters.
« It is important that all democracy resisted this corrupt organization, » said by BBC Israeli Prime Minister.
A court that was established in 1998 to prosecute the most serious deeds such as genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity he also published arrest warrants to the representatives of the Hamas movement or the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
In practice, however, he has no possibility to force the signatory countries of his arrest warrants, says Lukáš Mareček, an expert on international law from Comenius University in Bratislava. « The states have freely created the courts and have freely accepted a commitment, so they should be determined to enforce it, » he says.
The International Criminal Court has been struggling with this problem since its inception, he recalled.
In the article you can read:
- What does Budapest’s appearance from the International Criminal Court mean,
- As the International Law expert evaluates it,
- What space in this situation does the court have and whether it would help him reform,
- What the detention of a prosecuted politician would look like if the Roman status was observed.
The founding member left
Hungary is one of the founding members of ICC, It reminds BBC And it becomes the first European country to leave it.
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