📜 On Tuesday, April 29, the Parliament of Hungary made the decision to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court. This was reported by Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Péter Szijjártó.
Source: “Espresso”
💬 “The Hungarian parliament has just voted to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. With this decision, we refuse to be part of a politicized institution that has lost its impartiality and authority,” he said.
🗣 Earlier, debates took place in the Hungarian Parliament on this issue.
📅 What preceded: On April 1, it became known that Hungary’s Minister of Justice, Bence Tujon, at a closed meeting with ambassadors, announced that the country would leave the ICC.
🔔 On April 3, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, confirmed that the government would initiate the process of withdrawing from the ICC in accordance with constitutional and international legal norms.
👥 Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that he himself would be the one to withdraw the country from the ICC, as he signed the document for the country’s membership in 2001. Netanyahu responded with applause.
⚖️ The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute expressed concern over Hungary’s decision and called on the country to remain a participant in the Rome Statute, proposing to move to a substantive discussion.
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