What is The Hague Group?
On 31 January, representatives of nine countries convened in The Hague, Netherlands, to declare a global alliance, named The Hague Group, to hold Israel accountable under international law.
It was a historic precedent, marking the first such initiative since the Nakba and the establishment of Israel to coordinate state action to prevent violations of international law committed against the Palestinian people.
The founding members of the group are Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa.
Some of these states have already taken major steps over the past 15 months to defend and enforce international law.
South Africa, for example, brought a landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague for alleged violations of the Genocide Convention in Gaza.
Several states in the coalition have later joined South Africa’s case at the ICJ, including Bolivia, Colombia and Namibia.
Additionally, Namibia and Malaysia blocked ships carrying arms to Israel from docking at their ports, while Colombia halted coal exports to Israel. Colombia and Bolivia also recalled their ambassadors from Israel to protest its devastating war on Gaza.
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