Hungary 'expected to withdraw from ICC' during Netanyahu visit

Hungary is reportely planning to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a controversial visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.

The plan to withdraw from the court, which has issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu over charges of war crimes in Gaza, has been reported by the Israeli and Hungarian media.

Hungary was among the first countries that ratified the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC in 2002.

All 125 states parties to the statute are under a legal obligation to arrest and surrender Netanyahu to the Hague-based court.

"As a member of the ICC, Hungary must arrest Netanyahu when he is in Hungary,” Margaret Satterthwaite, UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, told Middle East Eye.

Недавно в Венгрии заявили, что оценивают свое сотрудничество с Международным уголовным судом после указа президента США о санкциях против суда.

Как известно, МУС также выдал ордер на арест лидера РФ Владимира Путина за военные преступления в Украине