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Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
ICC says it ‘regrets’ Hungary’s withdrawal from court
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek / AFP)
The governing body of the International Criminal Court voices regret and concern over Hungary’s announcement that it is leaving the court, saying any departure harms a “shared quest for justice.”
“When a State Party withdraws from the Rome Statute (that established the ICC), it clouds our shared quest for justice and weakens our resolve to fight impunity,” the presidency of the Assembly of State Parties says in a statement.
Budapest announced earlier today that it is withdrawing from the ICC, just as it welcomed visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the subject of an ICC arrest warrant that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed not to enforce.
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