The Hungarian Parliament voted to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a move that has rattled the European Union. The move comes weeks after Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, who the ICC wants, traveled to Hungary to visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The court of last resort, the idea of a global court came about post-World War II following the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. The concept gained support once again during the Cold War era amid the slaughter that occurred in Yugoslavia. The Rwanda genocide brought about ad hoc tribunals and led world leaders to seek a global authority to prosecute crimes against humanity, specifically, genocide. The Rome Statute officially established the ICC on July 1, 2002, and received 60 ratifications to officially establish the international court that is located in The Hague, Netherlands. This treaty was negotiated within the United Nations framework, and Article 2 of the Rome Statute requires the ICC to adhere to UN guidelines in the “Negotiated Relationship Agreement.” The UN maintains that the ICC is independent.
Thomas Lubanga Dylio of the Democratic Republic of Congo was the first leader convicted by the ICC for conscripting child soldiers. His 14-year prison sentence ended in 2020. The majority of those who have faced trial are from African nations and have received minimal, if any, international backlash from the West.
Recently, the ICC has been honing in on alleged crimes in Venezuela, Ukraine, Gaza, the Philippines, and elsewhere as its influence expands. Orban has argued that the ICC is “no longer an impartial court, a rule-of-law court, but rather a political court.” Controversy has arrived as of latterly with the ICC hunting down both Putin and Netanyahu.
“Hungary firmly rejects the use of international organisations – in particular criminal courts – as instruments of political influence,” the bill, submitted by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen, said on parliament’s website. The measure to withdraw from the ICC passed in a 134-37 vote.
Hungary has learned a valuable lesson about surrendering sovereignty to a globalist entity where unelected officials create the rules. The ICC is no longer an impartial neutral entity but has been weaponized as a tool of the UN. The UN has failed to prevent virtually every major war since World War II—from Korea to Vietnam to Iraq to Ukraine. It talks endlessly, issues non-binding resolutions, and does nothing of substance except expand its bureaucracy and budget. The media is declaring Orban a traitor of the West, a puppet of Russia and Israel. The truth of the matter is that world leaders are becoming increasingly suspicious of globalist entities like the World Health Organization, UN, WEF, HRC, etc. because they see the clear goal of centralized control.
