{"id":455032,"date":"2026-05-27T17:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/05\/27\/schiaffo-a-netanyahu-lungheria-resta-nella-corte-penale-internazionale\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:42:20","slug":"a-blow-to-netanyahu-hungary-remains-a-member-of-the-international-criminal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/05\/27\/a-blow-to-netanyahu-hungary-remains-a-member-of-the-international-criminal-court\/","title":{"rendered":"A blow to Netanyahu: Hungary remains a member of the International Criminal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Hungary remains a member of the International Criminal Court. The change of government and majority following the elections that saw Viktor Orb\u00e1n leave the scene has brought about radical changes compared to the recent past: with 133 votes in favour, 37 against, and 5 abstentions, the Hungarian Parliament has approved <\/strong>a law that effectively blocks the country\u2019s withdrawal<\/strong> from the judicial body. The vote<\/a> overturns the previously adopted decision and brings to a close an exceptional procedure convened specifically to revoke the withdrawal process launched in April last year. Hungary\u2019s withdrawal was due to take place in June this year, but this will not happen.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

The bill was backed by MPs from Tisza, the party of Hungarian Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar, while MPs from Fidesz, the party of the now former Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, and Zsolt Semj\u00e9n\u2019s Christian Democratic Party (KDNP) voted against the proposal. <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Magyar rejoices. Hungary\u2019s participation in the International Criminal Court<\/a>, he comments, is necessary \u201cto maintain international peace and security and protect human rights.\u201d In this regard, “<\/span><\/span><\/span>it is imperative that the perpetrators of the most serious international crimes be held accountable in an international judicial forum,” so that it may be impartial and a source of justice. <\/p>\n

The vote by the new Hungarian Parliament sends a strong political signal. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>and his former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in response to the Hamas attacks. Orb\u00e1n had chosen to reject the international body, thereby guaranteeing impunity for the head of the Israeli government, who now loses an ally within the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian Parliament has passed a law repealing the measures introduced by the previous government. Prime Minister Magyar is delighted: “It is essential to ensure respect for peace and human rights.” Budapest must now comply with the arrest warrant issued against the Israeli Prime Minister<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":453908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29788],"tags":[25833,27224,34256,28877,27782],"class_list":["post-455032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diritti-en","tag-benjamin-netanyahu-en","tag-crimini-di-guerra-e-contro-lumanita","tag-court-penal-international-en","tag-peter-hungarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455033,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455032\/revisions\/455033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}