Hungary’s parliament on Tuesday, May 20th, approved leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC), which it calls “politically motivated,” becoming the third country to take such a step.
134 lawmakers voted in favour of the proposal to leave the ICC, while 37 voted against and seven abstained.
Conservative prime minister Viktor Orbán announced during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month that his country would leave the ICC.
Orbán, who hosted Netanyahu despite the ICC issuing an arrest warrant against the Israeli leader, stated that the ICC was “no longer an impartial court” but a “political court.”
As Rafael Pinto Borges, founder and chairman of the Nova Portugalidade Lisbon-based think tank writes in his article for europeanconservative.com:
The ICC serves as a tool for the liberal Establishment to persecute and intimidate those it dislikes while shielding its own.
The credibility of the court recently took a huge hit following revelations that its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, asked the woman who accused him of sexual assault to drop charges so he could issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.
