“Serious worries” – Hungary announces withdrawal from the world criminal court

What comes up for months is now resolved. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s staff chef announced on Thursday that Hungary would leave the ICC. The EXIT procedure must be started in the course of Thursday. The Court of Justice, based in the Hague, was “an initiative to be respected in the beginning,” stabbing Gergely Gulyás told the MTI press office. Last but not least, the arrest warrant against Netanyahu has proven that the court “became a political authority,” Gulyás continued. The government in Budapest has “serious worries” because of the work of the ICC.

Hungary had ratified the so -ramped Roman status of the ICC 2001. However, the Hungarian government has never officially announced the entry into force of the decision to the status for constitutional concerns, so that it does not feel tied to the ICC decisions. Orbán had sharply condemned the issue of the arrest warrant against Netanyahu and expressed an invitation to his Israeli colleagues.

Exit comes into force a year later
With an exit of the Criminal Court, Hungary was not released from the obligation to force the arrest warrant against Netanyahu. A dismissal of the basic contract of the court only comes into effect a year after receipt of the written declaration of dismissal. But even after that there were the obligations that a contract state had taken over during her membership. So Hungary must therefore continue to work with the court in investigation if they had started before they left.

The authority of the court is undermined
However, the consequences for Hungary are probably manageable: if a state does not meet its contractual obligation, the court can submit the case to the conference of the conference. And this can then decide against further measures against this state. But that will hardly have any major consequences. There is a lot at stake in court. If his orders are ignored, this undermines the authority of the court.