Sign Our Urgent Civil Society Open Letter: Ireland Must Join the Hague Group to End Complicity in the Genocide of the Palestinian People

‘Comhlámh and Afri are asking all civil society organisations to sign up to this urgent open letter to TDs and Senators calling on Ireland to join the Hague Group to end complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian People.

The Hague Group countries have pledged to immediately implement six measures through their own legal and administrative systems to end complicity in Israel’s campaign of devastation in Palestine. They have set 20 September, alongside the 80th UN General Assembly, as the deadline for other states to join them. We must ensure that Ireland does so.

• Please note that THIS OPEN LETTER IS FOR ORGANISATIONS & GROUPS ONLY. We ask organisations to sign the letter by 16 September, 5pm. We will issue the letter on 17 September.
• IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL, support this campaign by SIGNING THE PETITION and EMAILING YOUR TDs .

Open Letter from Irish Civil Society to All TDs and Senators

Dear Representative,

The nightmare in Gaza continues to escalate. In the West Bank, Palestinians face daily settler violence, land dispossession, home demolitions, and forcible displacement. Across Ireland, people are united in horror and outrage.

Measures to halt this genocide have been repeatedly blocked at the UN. In response to the distress and frustration of people across the world, the Hague Group of countries led by South Africa and Colombia, have come together to demand an end to this criminal cruelty. Like these nations, Ireland understands the power of international solidarity. As a country that has endured colonisation, partition, and deliberate starvation, Ireland bears a particular moral and historical responsibility to stand with peoples facing occupation and extermination.

The atrocities being inflicted on the Palestinian people go beyond what imagination can grasp. Ireland must not fail to join the Hague Group in ending complicity in this genocide and prosecuting those responsible. We welcome the Government’s attendance at the Hague Group summit, but now attendance must be matched by action.

Ireland has until 20 September to join the 13 countries that have already committed to six concrete pledges at the Hague Group summit:

• End arms transfers – Prevent the provision or transfer of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.
• Stop military transit – Prevent the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels where there is a clear risk that they are carrying military goods to Israel.
• Enforce shipping controls – Deny carriage of such items by ships under national flags, and impose penalties, including de-flagging, for non-compliance.
• Cut state support for occupation – Review all public contracts to ensure that state funds and institutions are not supporting Israel’s illegal occupation.
• Pursue justice – Pursue national or international investigations and prosecutions for serious international crimes.
• Enable domestic prosecutions – Support the use of international jurisdiction in domestic legal systems to enable prosecutions for crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
  
  

  We, the undersigned, urge every TD and Senator to:

• Publicly declare support for Ireland’s membership of the Hague Group;
• Advocate within your party and in Government for Ireland to sign the six pledges;
• Ensure that Ireland formally joins the Hague Group before the 20 September deadline.

This is a decisive moment for Ireland to stand firmly on the side of justice, international law, and humanity.

SIGNED BY:

• 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World
  
• Academics for Palestine
• Access to Medicines Ireland
• Action Against War (Cork)
• Action Aid
• Action for Choice
• Afri (Action from Ireland)
  
• Apartheid Free Arts
• Balbriggan Palestine Solidarity 
• The Black Shamrock
• Bloody Sunday March Committee
• Bloody Sunday Trust
• Brighter Communities Worldwide
• The Bogside Artists
• Care Ireland
• ChangeMakers Donegal
• CHEEERS: DHT
• Children in Crossfire
• Centre for Global Education
• Comhlámh
• Comhlámh Justice for Palestine
• Cork Healthcare Workers for Palestine
• Cork Spina Bifida Association
• Cultivate – The Sustainable Ireland Coop 
• Derry Anti-War Coalition
• Derry Trades Union Council
• Derry/ Donegal Gaels for a Free Palestine
• Development Perspectives
• Dominican Sisters, Ireland
• Donegal IPSC
• Doras
• Droichead Solidarity Group
• Dunnes Stores Anti Apartheid Strikers
• Ecojustice Ireland
• Eco Peace Project
• European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland
• Extinction Rebellion Derry/ Strabane & Donegal
• Extinction Rebellion Inishowen
• Figtrer Gospel Sharing Group
• Financial Justice Ireland
• Friends of Africa
• Friends of the Earth Ireland
• Future Oak Farm
• Galway Palestine Solidarity Campaign
• Gaslight Media Trust
• The Gathering
• Galway Community Resistance
• Gaels Against Genocide in Gaza
• Gaza Action Group
• Glendree Garden Club
• Howth for Palestine
• Humans Against Genocide
• Human Rights Action Wexford
• i4Life
• Ireland Palestine Mental Health Network
• Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC)
  
• IPSC Clare Branch
• IPSC Inishowen Branch
• Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
  
• Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
• Irish Development Education Association (IDEA)
• Irish Global Health Network (IGHN)
• Irish Health Care Workers for Palestine
• Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)
• Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education (INNATE)
  
• Kilkenny Community Palestine Solidarity Group
• Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign
• Kinvara Palestine Solidarity Group
• Letterkenny Islamic Association
• Lex Innocentium 21st Century
• Littleton Palestine Support Group
• Mayo IPSC
• Meditation and Contemplation Group Donegal
• Mothers Against Genocide
• Moville Pop-up Picture House
• Múinteoirí ar son an Phailistín
• Nenagh Friends of Palestine
• Neutrality Now!
• Nexus Research
• North Tipperary IPSC
• North Wicklow Against Genocide
• No Tech for Apartheid Ireland
• Omagh IPSC
• Oxfam Ireland
• PalFest Ireland
• Partners in Faith
• People’s Movement- Gluaiseacht an Phobail
  
• Places of Sanctuary Ireland
• Praxis, the Artists’ Union of Ireland
• QUB Palestine Assembly
  
• Rights of Nature Donegal
• Rights of Nature Ireland
• Rigout Productions
• Rise for Palestine Derry
• Shannonwatch
• Shore to Shore Solidarity
• Síolta Chroí
• SIPTU
• Social Enterprise for Arts, Culture, Heritage & Tourism (SEACHT)
• South Kerry Friends of Palestine
  
• Strabane B.D.S.
• Suas Educational Development T/A STAND
  
• Swords Stands With Palestine
• Swords to Ploughshares Ireland (StoP)
• Talamh Beo
• Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI)
• Trócaire
  
• TUI TU Dublin Blanchardstown Branch
• TUI TU Dublin Tallaght Branch
• UCD Justice for Palestine
• University College Dublin Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO)
  
• Uplift
• Veterans For Peace, Ireland Chapter
• Vincentian Lay Missionaries
• Voluntary Service International (VSI)
  
• Walk the Talk
• West Cork for Palestine
• World BEYOND War Ireland
• WorldWise Global Schools

NOTE: We will update this page daily, before the end of the day, with the names of signatory organisations.