Peter Magyar // Foto forbes.hu
Presenting the bill, Magyar said that maintaining membership in the ICC is necessary to maintain international security and protect human rights, Meduza quoted Telex as saying. According to him, the perpetrators of serious international crimes should be held accountable before the international court.
The process of Hungary’s withdrawal from the ICC began in the spring of 2025 on Orban’s initiative. In June, Budapest sent an official notification to the UN secretary general, and the procedure was expected to be finalized in the summer of 2026. However, after the victory of the Tisza party in parliamentary elections, the new Magyar government announced its intention to halt the country’s withdrawal from the court.
The topic of the ICC became one of the hottest topics in Hungary’s foreign policy after the visit to Budapest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, against whom the court issued an arrest warrant. Orban then publicly assured the Israeli leader that the Hungarian authorities would not comply with the court’s decision, calling the ICC’s actions “brazen, cynical and totally unacceptable.”
Magyar said he had notified the Israeli side in advance of Hungary’s intention to maintain its membership in the International Criminal Court.
