Hungary has decided to leave the International Criminal Court because it believes it has turned into a political court in recent years, not a court based on the rule of law, but a political court, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He said this was best illustrated by the court’s decision regarding Israel.
“I was the Prime Minister who actually signed the instrument of our accession to the International Criminal Court in 2000, and I have just signed the instrument of withdrawal from the court, because Hungary and the Hungarian government have decided that we will leave the International Criminal Court. The reason is that we are convinced that it has turned into a political court. In recent years, it is not a court based on the rule of law, but a political court. This has been shown most clearly by the decisions related to Israel,” Orbán noted.
He said that the Hungarian Foreign Minister had already submitted the relevant bill to parliament.
