ICC opens inquiry into Hungary for failing to arrest Israel’s Netanyahu

A spokesperson for the ICC declined to comment on the non-compliance proceedings

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shake hands after a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary (Denes Erdos/AP)

Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month.

In a filing released late on Wednesday, the The Hague-based court initiated non-compliance proceedings against Hungary after the country gave Mr Netanyahu a red carpet welcome despite an ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Gaza.