Author: MOLLY QUELL Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 04/04/2025 | 12:13:52
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Hungary will quit the world’s only permanent global court for war crimes and genocide. It will become only the third country in the institution’s history of more than 20 years to do so. The process will take more than a year. The state party must inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Announcing it will leave doesn’t free Hungary from its duties under the treaty. Just two other countries have left the court to approve the withdrawal. If Hungary leaves, it will become the only country in the European Union that is not a member of the court. A three-judge panel issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas’ military chief, Mohammed Deif. The warrants said there was reason to believe Netanyahu and Gallant have used “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid. Judges ruled Mongolia had failed to comply with its obligations. Associated Press reporter Justin Spike in Budapest contributed to this report.
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