Greta Thunberg, Omar Barghouti, Jeremy Corbyn and others gather to strengthen global action for Palestinian liberation

Leading international figures, movements, trade unions, parliamentarians and cultural voices will gather in Amsterdam on 7 March 2026 for the People’s Congress for The Hague Group – a global convergence aimed at strengthening coordinated action to end complicity in Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people and to uphold international law.

The Congress is convened by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society and leader of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. It is endorsed by a wide range of Palestinian and international partners, including Kairos Palestine, the Palestinian Youth Movement, La Via Campesina, Law for Palestine, the World Council of Churches, Al Quds University and Miftah.

The gathering marks one year since the formation of The Hague Group, a bloc of states including Colombia, South Africa and Malaysia committed to advancing concrete measures to end impunity for Israel’s crimes – from halting arms transfers to pursuing accountability for war crimes.

Participants include Greta Thunberg, Omar Barghouti, Jeremy Corbyn, Francesca Albanese, Hind Khoudary, Sally Rooney, Yara Hawari and Chris Smalls, alongside dockworkers, legal advocates, trade unionists and organisers from across the world.

The Congress will focus on building the organised people power needed to enforce states’ legal obligations: closing ports to weapons, stopping shipments, ending corporate and institutional complicity, and advancing accountability across courts, contracts, campuses and communities.

Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, stated:

“For seventy-seven years, the Palestinian people have endured dispossession and apartheid. Today, genocide is sustained by boardrooms and bureaucracies — by ports that receive weapons, insurers that underwrite shipments, and governments that refuse to act.

“The Hague Group marked a historic step: states choosing law over impunity. But to close every port, to stop every shipment, to prosecute every criminal, political will must meet people’s power. The People’s Congress is where that convergence begins.”

A spokesperson for the BNC added:

“We are living in a dangerous ‘might makes right’ era. But it is never too late to resist it and to insist on our rights. The People’s Congress is an essential step toward cutting the chains of state, corporate, and institutional complicity — and building the critical mass of people power needed to end the Nakba and secure justice and liberation for our people.”

The Congress will take place on Saturday, 7 March 2026 in Amsterdam. Delegates will participate in closed-door strategy sessions, followed by a public evening event at Dominicuskerk. Registration is available here.

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