Joint Statement : A Call For Immediate Action To Ensure Humanitarian Access To Gaza And To End The Genocide Of The Palestinian People

1. Immediate humanitarian corridor. We call on all states and relevant authorities to take every possible measure to guarantee, at a minimum, the opening of a safe and continuous humanitarian corridor to Gaza. This is a moral, legal, and humanitarian imperative. Civilians must have access to life-saving aid without obstruction or delay.

2. Protection of Civil Society Action, the Global Sumud Flotilla. We emphasize the right and duty of civil society to engage in peaceful humanitarian non-violent initiatives. The Global Sumud Flotilla, committed to delivering aid and standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza, must be fully protected. We call on governments and international institutions to safeguard the flotilla until it safely reaches Gaza, ensuring that its mission is neither obstructed nor endangered. We want to emphasize that the Global Sumud Flotilla initiative is a legal initiative and therefore can not be attacked or stopped.

3. Responsibility of the international community. International humanitarian law obliges all states to protect civilians in conflict zones and to allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Governments must act decisively to uphold these principles, without excuses or delay. This is an historic and legal responsibility that must be fulfilled.

4. End the use of starvation as a means of warfare, which is a breach of article 54 of the extra-protocols of the Geneva Convention and to respect the right of the Palestinian people to live in peace and freedom in their own land.

5. We recognise and remind our governments that any occupation is illegal under international law.

We reaffirm our collective commitment to peace, human dignity, and international law. History will judge us not by our words, but by the actions we take to protect human life in its most vulnerable moments.

Signed by 467 elected representatives from across the world