The “emergency meeting” will centre the legal obligations of states, as determined by the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of July 2024.
The Hague Group, co-chaired by Colombia and South Africa, will hold an emergency ministerial meeting in Bogota next month to address Israel’s ongoing “crime of genocide.”
“The emergency meeting has been convened in response to Israel’s ongoing and escalating violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the crime of genocide, and will focus on coordinated legal and diplomatic measures to bring them to an end,” the countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
ALERT 📣 | The Hague Group convenes states from across the world to an Emergency Conference to halt the genocide in Gaza.@EmbassyCOLinZA pic.twitter.com/Lxrh7z9e5j
— DIRCO South Africa (@DIRCO_ZA) June 10, 2025
The meeting, to be held from July 15 to 16 in the Colombian capital, will convene states from both across and beyond the founding membership of the Hague Group which was established in January in response to “the grave violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
‘Enforce International Law’
The “emergency meeting” will centre the legal obligations of states, as determined by the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of July 2024, to stop all actions “that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” and to support the full realisation of the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination,” the statement noted.
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In Bogota, states “will announce concrete actions to enforce international law through coordinated state action — to end the genocide and ensure justice and accountability.”
Death Toll Rises to 55,104
On Wednesday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced that at least 55,104 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Anadolu news agency reported.
A ministry statement said that 123 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 474 people were injured, taking the total number of injuries in the Israeli onslaught to 127,394.
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“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
Ongoing Aerial Bombardment
Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and wounded thousands of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip through a bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.
Despite habitual condemnation by many countries around the world of the Israeli genocide, little has been done to hold Israel accountable.
🔴 LIVE: 35 Palestinians killed this morning, most while waiting for aid near Netzarim. Meanwhile, Netanyahu scrambles to prevent Knesset collapse as political crisis deepens. Follow updates – Day 613.https://t.co/ZyaAfyU7kR pic.twitter.com/iK0XA5eMyl
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 11, 2025
Israel is currently under investigation for the crime of genocide by the International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — are now officially wanted by the International Criminal Court.
The Israeli genocide has been largely defended, supported, and financed by Washington and a few other Western powers.
(PC, Anadolu)
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