The group further affirmed that accountability as a principle cannot be forsaken, Israel cannot be permitted to continue its crimes with impunity, and that every state has obligations to prevent genocide and implement international law.
Published Sep 27, 2025 | 10:19 AM ⚊ Updated Sep 27, 2025 | 11:00 AM
The Hague Group. (ProgIntl/ X)
Synopsis: The group stated, “Israel has defied the General Assembly, ignored the Court, and intensified its crimes. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has now concluded that Israel’s actions constitute a genocide. In the face of this grave reality, the international community must commit — not to rhetoric, but to action.”
The New York meeting of The Hague Group, held on Friday, 26 September, on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly, convened more than thirty governments to halt the Gaza genocide.
In a statement, the group noted: “One year ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24, demanding that the State of Israel comply with the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion of July 2024, giving the State of Israel twelve months to cease without delay its ‘unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’.”
Noting that the deadline has passed, the group stated, “Israel has defied the General Assembly, ignored the Court, and intensified its crimes. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has now concluded that Israel’s actions constitute a genocide. In the face of this grave reality, the international community must commit — not to rhetoric, but to action.”
“Over the past year, states across the world have enforced concrete measures through national legislation and executive policies: halting arms transfers, blocking weapons shipments, suspending procurement from Israeli firms, ceasing energy exports and ensuring accountability through national and international courts,” the statement further added.
The group further affirmed that accountability as a principle cannot be forsaken, Israel cannot be permitted to continue its crimes with impunity, and that every state has obligations to prevent genocide and implement international law.
The statement further added that coordinated enforcement — through our courts, ports, contracts, factories, and financial systems — an unavoidable path to justice for the people of Palestine.
According to The Guardian, Malaysian foreign minister, Mohamad Hasan, speaking at the meeting said, “The international community has a legal and moral duty to deny Israel the tools of genocide.”
Hasan also said states also needed to identify the multinational companies found to be enabling Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land.
The Brazilian foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, said: “We must turn indignation into action, law into justice and justice into peace.”
Meanwhile, Zane Dangor from the South African foreign ministry said proving a genocide is hard due to the issue of intent, but a consensus had grown that a genocide is taking place. He said stopping a genocide is not discretionary but an obligation.
(Edited by Sumavarsha)
