The Hungarian parliament has voted for the withdrawal of the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Budapest considers that the court has lost its impartiality.
“The Hungarian parliament has just voted for the withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Through this decision, we refuse to be part of a politicized institution that has lost its impartiality and authority,” declared Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on his personal page on the social network X.
According to a communication from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the minister presented in the general debate in the Hungarian parliament the bill on the withdrawal of Hungary from the International Criminal Court and recalled that his country was an active participant in the preparatory work of the institution, before its official establishment in 2002.
He stated that Hungary signed the Rome Statute in early 1999, based on a government decision, and in 2001 the Parliament ratified the document. However, it was never officially published, which is why it was not integrated into Hungary’s legal system.