The Hungarian Parliament agreed to withdraw the country’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.
133 MPs from his Tisza party voted in favor of the bill, which was introduced to parliament by Hungary’s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar. 37 representatives of Fidesz (this is the party of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán) opposed it.
Introducing the draft law, Magyar said that in order to maintain international peace and security and protect human rights, “it is necessary to bring those responsible for the most serious international crimes to justice before an international judicial body.”
Withdrawal from the ICC began at the initiative of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in April 2025. In June, Hungary submitted a formal notification of withdrawal to the UN Secretary-General, and the process is scheduled to end in June 2026. But after the TISA party won Hungary’s parliamentary elections, its leader Peter Magyar, who became the new prime minister, announced that he would halt the country’s withdrawal from the ICC.
During the Orban era, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Hungary, and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him. However, Orban promised Netanyahu not to arrest him and called the ICC’s decision “arrogant, cynical and completely unacceptable.” Magyar, in response to a question from journalists about Netanyahu’s possible future visit, said that he “clearly informed” the Israeli Prime Minister of Hungary’s intention to remain a member of the International Criminal Court and “did not hide anything.”