An International Criminal Court judge wants Hungary to explain why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month, Euro News reported.
In a filing released late Wednesday, the Hague-based court has launched a non-compliance lawsuit against Hungary after welcoming a red carpet to Netanyahu despite an ICC’s arrest warrant for crimes against humanity related to the war in Gaza.
During the visit, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban announced that his country would leave the court, claiming that the ICC “is no longer a fair court, not a court, but a political court.”
The Hungarian leader, dictator by critics and considered by the EU’s most unorthodox spoilers in the bloc’s decision, defended his decision not to arrest Netanyahu.
“We signed an international treaty, but we never took all the steps that would have made it enforceable in Hungary,” Ovan said, noting the fact that Hungarian Parliament never promulgated court laws in Hungarian law.
ICC judges have previously dismissed similar arguments.
The ICC and other international organizations have criticised Hungary’s rebellion against a warrant against Netanyahu.