BREAKING: Hague Group member states announce: full ambargo on weapons to Isreal
– full embargo on weapons to Israel.
– blocking ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking at ports.
-ending contracts that support Israeli occupation.
-supporting prosecutions of Israeli criminals at national & international levels
“Joint Statement on the Conclusion of the Emergency Conference on Palestine
Convened by The Hague Group
We, the reprosentativos of Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Indonesia, Irag, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa and all other states* that endorse the following before the 20th September 2025,
Quidad by the purposes and princies enarined in the Charter of the United Nations and intomational as including the inalienacio rigtt of soil-determination of peoples and the principle at the inadmissbilty of the acquisition of territory by force:
Mosing urgerty in Bogota, Colordia, from 15 – 16 July 2025 with the aim to strengthering our colective resolve by crusting a unied interatonal voice and implement our international coligatone in regird io the silasion in the Oooupied Palestinian Teritory, induding East
Grieving each ile taken in the course of loradis gonocidal actions in the Occupied Palestinian Terrtory:
Deploring the costructon di humanitarian aid and the delberate, indecriminate violence and colective punishment deployed againet the starving population of the Gaza Strip:
Lamenting the repeated mass forced displacement of the Palestinian civian population and the
Recogniting the risk that israsis actions pose to the prospects for regionel peace and security as
Petusing to romain passive doservers to the devastation in Occupied Palestinian Tertory, and the denial of the Palestinian peccles inalienate right to sei determination:
Reufiing the Advisory Opinion of the rimational Court of Justice of 19 July 2024 on the consequences arising from brasis legal policies and practices, which are, by their very nature, the concernot al States,
Reculing al relevant UN resolutions, induding Unitod Nutions General Assembly Resolution A/ HES/ES 10/24, and the oblostons That Merber Stites assumed to take actions in line with the Niemetional Court of Juetice Advisory Opinion el 19 July 2004, internetional human rights law, and humanitarian…”
Stressing the importanoe of insttutions such as the international Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to full its mandates without fear or favour is essential to the preservation of the international nufe of law,
Condemning the unilateral attacks and threats against United Nations mandate holders, as wel as kay institutions of the human rights architecture and international ustice:
Building on the legacy of globel solidarity movements that have dismantied apartheid and other oppressive systems, setting a model for future co-ordinated responses 10 international law
Rocognising the complementarity of The Hague Group to other initiatives such as the Madrid Group amed at strengthening the molementation of international law.
Welcoming the High-Level international Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution at the UN General Assembly from 28-30 Juy 2025;
Stressing the urgency of al Member States to fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed in accordance with the UN Charter and international law;
United in our conviction that coordinated action at national and international levels is an urgent imperative to protect the Charter of the United Nations, to uphold colgations under international law, and to promote a just and lasting peace across the world as well as ending the ilegal occupation of Palestine and enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self.
Reiterating our commitment to implement the relevant provisional measures, judgements and dvisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice as wel as relevant UN Resolutions including General Assembly Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24;
We hereby announce the following measures, to be adopted based on states domestic legal and legislative frameworks:
1. Prevent the provision or transfer of arms, munitions, milltary fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use Items to Israel, as appropriate, to ensure that our
moustry dods my cortedo the toos to enabo or mortate ocnocion, war crimes
crimes against humanity, and other violations of international law.
- Prevent the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels at any port, i applicable, within our territorial jurisdiction, while being fully complant with applicable international law, including UNCLOS, in al cases where there is a clear risk of the vessei being used to carry arms, munitions, mitary fuel, related miltery equipment. and dual- use items to israd, to ensure that our territorial waters and ports do not serve as conduits for actities that enable or facitate genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international law.
- Provent the carriage of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel on vessels bearing our flag, while being fully compliant with applicable International law, Including UNCLOS,
enuring full accountabillty, including de-Regging, for non complance with this prohibition not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the titusion croated ty Iracts #egal presence in the Cocupied Palestinian Territory
- Commence an urgent review of all pubillo contracts, in order to prevent public institutions and pubile funds, where applicable, from supporting israel’s Illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territory wirich may entrench as uniatu presence in the territory, to ensure that our nationals, and compenies and entites under our urisdiction, as wel as our authorities, do not act in any way the would ental recogrition or provide aid or desistance in maintaining the situation created by israeis ilegsi presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
- Comply with our obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under International law through robust, impartial and independent
Invoctiastions and prosecutions at
national or international leveis,
correcte with our olouton to ensure lute ko al victre and the prevention of
6. Support universal jurisdiction mandates, as and where applicable in our legal constitutional frameworks and judiciaries, to ensure justice for all victims and the prevention of future crimes in the Occupied Palestine Territory
We emphasise that these measures consitute a coloctive commitment to defend the foundational principies of international law.
(ECOSOC) to commission an immedate investigation of the heath and nutritional needs of the population of Gaza, devise a plan to meet those needs on a continuing and sustained busis, and report on these matters before the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly:
We appeal to all United Natons merriber states to enforce our coligations, while promoting mechanisms for cooperation between ali parties
Adopted in Bogott, Colombia, this 16%h day of Juy, 2025“