Hungary says it will pull out of ICC
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Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Hungary for its "bold and principled" decision to leave the International Criminal Court as he visited Budapest on Thursday, a rare trip abroad in defiance ...
Detroit News |
Should Hungary follow through with its withdrawal from the world’s only permanent global court for war crimes and genocide, it will become only the third country in the institution’s history of more t...
Boise State Public Radio |
Orbán invited Netanyahu to Budapest, and accused the court of "interfering in an ongoing conflict for political purposes."
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Hungary was never fully committed to the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said a day after announcing plans to withdraw from the international body.
After hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungary announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it only the third country to do so. The decision reflects Hungary's defiance of the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu,
Hungary will on Thursday start the legal procedure to exit the International Criminal Court, a senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government said.