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Is Hungary a signatory of the ICC?
Yes, and no. And no, Hungary had no legal duty to arrest Netanyahu, and has no duty to arrest Putin. (And why it doesn't even matter if Hungary had/has.)

So the situation is, that the Hungarian government signed the ICC documents, but it was never approved by the Parliament.

And as a parliamentary democracy, the government can not simply declare Hungary to be a member. The parliament needs to approve it. Which it did not do.

From the article below:
“We signed an international treaty, but we never took all the steps that would otherwise have made it enforceable in Hungary,” Orbán said, referring to the fact that Hungary’s parliament never promulgated the court’s statute into Hungarian law.

In other words, yes, the Hungarian government signed it, and decreed Hungary a member. That's why everyone else think Hungary is a member.
But they had no right to do it by decree, the proper procedure was never completed, and that means that (by Hungarian law) Hungary is not, and was not part of the ICC, ever.

Now, because the ICC does not consult Hungary, and Hungarians culturally hate nothing more then others telling us what to do, even if Hungary was part of the ICC, properly, public sentiment would be supporting the position of "we didn't agree to this, so let the foreigners try to enforce it, if they dare to!" even then.

It is not a coincidence, that Hungary crashed the Austrian Empire, tore up the Iron Curtain, and now, crushing the EU: One does not simply tell the Hungarians what to do.

https://apnews.com/article/hungary-orban-icc-membership-60b7658c3a8812926c3c528d941f6269

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All these fools chasing something for nothing … Stoopid is as stoopid does …

The Ukrainian government is so deeply corrupt - on all levels!

As you know, a 17-year-old Ukrainian was stabbed to death in Ireland. A 17-year-old Somali man killed him because of pork.

Allegedly, the Ukrainian was cooking pork in the kitchen. The Somali didn't know how to stop such haram, so he first physically attacked Vadim but, after noticing a knife, grabbed it and stabbed the Ukrainian in the back.

There were other children there at the same time, but they all ran away.
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Mom refused, and was told to prepare 8 thousand euros.

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A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"
I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad ! 

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY  this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

 

Hope to see you all asap.

 

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