PNN – Amnesty International strongly condemned Hungary’s decision to withdraw from the Hague Tribunal (ICC), calling it a betrayal of all victims of war crimes, adding: By welcoming Netanyahu, Hungary has effectively given its stamp of approval to Israel’s genocide.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Anadolu Agency, the head of Amnesty International stated in a statement that leaders and officials of member states of the International Criminal Court should not undermine the Hague court by meeting with Netanyahu or other wanted individuals.
Agnes Callamard added: By welcoming Netanyahu, Hungary has effectively given its stamp of approval to Israel’s genocide, meaning the complete destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
He added: Hungary’s alleged withdrawal from the Hague Tribunal is a brazen and futile attempt to evade international justice and obstruct the activities of the Hague Tribunal.
Callamard described Orban’s welcome of Netanyahu as harboring a fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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He also stressed that the European Union and all member states of The Hague court should immediately call on Hungary to arrest Netanyahu and hand him over to the court, and to firmly commit to defending the court against insidious threats to international justice.
Callamard added: Hungary’s withdrawal from the court is a betrayal of all victims of war crimes and undermines support for the Hungarian people, because it destroys the opportunity for the Hungarian people to seek justice at the Hague court for the crimes committed against them in the next year.
Shortly after announcing Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary, the Budapest government, while rejecting the arrest of the Israeli Prime Minister under the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, announced its withdrawal from this global institution.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited the Israeli Prime Minister to visit his country in November; one day after the arrest warrant was issued for Netanyahu.
As a founding member of the International Criminal Court, Hungary is obliged to arrest and hand over anyone under the court’s warrant, but Orbán called the ruling “shameless, cynical and completely unacceptable.”
Dutch Foreign Minister Kaspar Volkkamp told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels: The full process of leaving the International Criminal Court will take about a year, during which time Hungary must fulfill all its obligations to the court.
According to Reuters, this is not the first time that Netanyahu has been supported by Orban, and the right-wing Hungarian prime minister has previously blocked EU statements or actions critical of Tel Aviv.