03/04/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 3 April, Hungary announced that it would be leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the target of an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, arrived in the country. “Hungary is leaving the ICC. The government will begin the withdrawal procedure, in accordance with the international legal framework”, announced Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Chief of Staff, on Facebook. A bill has been submitted to the Hungarian Parliament for a vote at the end of May. The measure will then be notified to the United Nations, and the process will take a year. On Thursday, the ICC’s governing body stated its regret at Hungary’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute, which “undermines (the) common quest for justice and weakens (the) determination to fight impunity”. (CG)