Hungarian officials will not arrest Vladimir Putin if he enters the country despite the ICC's warrant for his arrest, a top official said. The official asserted that the Hungarian government 'had not formed a stance' on the arrest warrant.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said that even though the country is a signatory to the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the ICC, and ratified it in 2001, such an arrest would not have any basis in Hungarian law."We can refer to the Hungarian law and based on that we cannot arrest the Russian President ...
The ICC announced the arrest warrant for Putin last week, accusing him of being responsible for the thousands of children that have been forcibly deported to Russia where they've undergone political reeducation training. The Kremlin quickly denounced the warrant and dismissed it because it is not a part of the ICC.
"The human impact of these crimes was also made clear during my most recent visit to Ukraine. While there, I visited one of the care homes from which children were allegedly taken, close to the current frontlines of the conflict," ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, who has visited Ukraine four times since the war began, said following the release of the warrant.
A Russian official said Putin's arrest overseas, which the Biden administration supports, would be tantamount to a"declaration of war.""Just imagine — clearly that such a situation is never going to happen but still — let’s imagine that it has happened. The incumbent head of a nuclear country arrives in, say, Germany and is arrested. What does it mean? A declaration of war against Russia.
While it's unlikely Putin will ever face trial, the warrant means he could be arrested by any ICC member state should he travel there.
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