Putin to Meet Trump in Hungary Despite ICC’s Hollow Arrest Warrant
As Vladimir Putin prepares to meet Donald Trump in Hungary, the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant remains unenforced, exposing the court’s impotence and Europe’s growing defiance of international legal norms.
The upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Hungary spotlights a glaring failure of international justice and diplomatic realism. Despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued against Putin in March 2023 for alleged war crimes involving Ukrainian children, the Russian leader will travel freely to a nation that refuses to enforce the ICC’s mandate. The Hague-based ICC depends entirely on member states’ cooperation to detain suspects — a cooperation that has been flagrantly absent here. Hungary, under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has not only welcomed Putin but also recently prioritized...
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