Israel's Netanyahu heads to Hungary, defying ICC arrest warrant (www.reuters.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 13:38
https://lemmy.world/post/27696413

JERUSALEM, April 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins a four-day visit to Hungary on Thursday, defying an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in Gaza as Israel has expanded its military operation in the enclave.

As a founding member of the ICC, Hungary is theoretically obliged to arrest and hand over anyone subject to a warrant from the court but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made clear when he issued the invitation that Hungary would not respect the ruling.

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bradv@lemmy.ca on 02 Apr 14:42 next collapse

So Orbán will be an accessory after the fact. Arrest him too.

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 03 Apr 01:37 collapse

Hungary withdrew from the ICC like yesterday so they have no jurisdiction.

Unrelated@feddit.nl on 03 Apr 19:18 collapse

They have only stated the intention, not an actual application for withdrawal. Also it has to go through parliament first, which probably is just a formality.

Article 127 of the Statute also states that ‘[t]he withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date.’

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 03 Apr 20:47 collapse

Yeah makes sense. I was just used to drastic changes happening so fast you can’t notice.

nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Apr 14:45 next collapse

Hope they nab him anyway

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 03 Apr 01:36 collapse

Who? The only police that has authority in Budapest is the Hungarian one, the Chinese one and some probably GRU linked Chechen rando named Magomed.

XenGi@feddit.org on 02 Apr 14:50 next collapse

We need to throw Hungary out of the EU asap.

HubertManne@piefed.social on 02 Apr 14:56 next collapse

Can you blame him. The man needs decent fellatio.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 02 Apr 17:40 collapse

Shame there are no countries in between that could force the plane down.