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- 1Palestinian ambassador urges countries to make occupation costly●"Our collective objective must be clear. Make occupation & annexation costly. Make accountability unavoidable". At Frida
At a Friday meeting of The Hague Group on defending international law, the Palestinian ambassador outlined eight actions all countries should take, saying the collective objective must be to make occupation and annexation costly and accountability unavoidable. The appeal is being shared among human rights and international law observers, with supporters echoing the call for states to move beyond statements and impose concrete consequences for violations.
- 2Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide Addresses Hague Group●Norwegian Foreign Minister # EspenBarthEide speaking at the # HagueGroup , which works to protect and uphold the rulings
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide spoke at a meeting of the Hague Group, a coalition of states working to protect and uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. During his address, Eide recounted his earlier work against apartheid in South Africa, drawing a parallel between that struggle and the group's current efforts to defend international law and court decisions.