The Hungarian parliament on Tuesday approved a proposal calling for the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, with 134 votes in favor, 37 against and 7 abstentions.
This proposal was presented by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen and is a significant move by the Hungarian government, arguing that the ICC has become a political actor and is intervening in issues that are more political than legal.
The move follows an incident last year when the ICC Prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his military actions in Gaza. The move has sparked a strong reaction from the Hungarian government, which, under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has interpreted it as political interference in an ongoing conflict.
Orban has also accused the ICC of undermining international law and stressed that Hungary had not ratified the Court's statute, thus rendering it invalid and without legal force to enforce any arrest warrants on Hungarian territory.
According to this logic, the Hungarian parliament's decision to withdraw from the ICC is a step that expresses support for Netanyahu and opposition to the international court's actions.