Posted: 4th August 2025
CounterPunch – August 1, 2025
From 15–16 July 2025, thirty states met in Bogotá, Colombia at an Emergency Conference on Palestine, which was convened jointly by Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs of the Hague Group. The Hague Group, which began organizing in January 2025, formed as a bloc of countries to coordinate legal and diplomatic measures in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The Hague Group is compromised of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, and South Africa. …
The 12 states are encouraging other countries to join them in similar commitments, urging them to do so by 20 September 2025, the start of the next UN General Assembly. They also called on all states to take effective action to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law, including by imposing sanctions on Israel. …
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/01/building-power-for-palestine-and-for-a-new-world-order/