Hungary approves bill to quit the International Criminal Court

Move follows Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu state visit

Benjamin Netanyahu and Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
Benjamin Netanyahu and Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

Hungary‘s parliament approved a bill on Tuesday that will start the country’s year-long withdrawal process from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as prime minister Viktor Orban‘s government claims the court has become “political”.

Mr Orban’s government announced the move on April 3rd, shortly after Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary for a state visit in a rare trip abroad in defiance of an ICC arrest warrant. – Reuters

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