section_path: Possible execution of the arrest warrants/April 2025 visit to Hungary
section_name: April 2025 visit to Hungary
paragraph_text: April 2025 visit to Hungary
  
  Netanyahu arrived in Hungary on 3 April 2025. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had earlier invited Netanyahu to Hungary, shortly after the warrant was issued, stating the warrant would have "no effect" in Hungary. Prior to the visit, Amnesty International stated that Hungarian authorities would be obliged to arrest Netanyahu and deliver him to the ICC if he carried out his visit. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) stated that it would call for injunctions to prevent Netanyahu flying through the airspace of European states parties to the Rome Statute and that it was coordinating with legal teams for Netanyahu to launch arrest procedures in case Netanyahu landed or passed through those states. HRF stated that it would request the Chief Prosecutor of Hungary to launch arrest procedures against Netanyahu according to Hungarian criminal law procedures that oblige Hungarian authorities to arrest ICC fugitives and transfer them to ICC custody.
  
  During Netanyahu's visit, Orbán announced that Hungary would withdraw from the ICC. Per the Rome Statute, Hungary would need to formally notify the UN Secretary General. The withdrawal would become effective withdraw a year later. Hungary's obligation to arrest Netanyahu was unaffected by Orbán's announcement.
  
  On 3 April, the ICJP submitted a formal complaint to the Hungarian Minister of Justice stating that the Hungarian authorities were obliged to arrest Netanyahu in line with Hungarian obligations as a state party to the Rome Statute, under Article 86 of the Statute requiring it to cooperate with the ICC.