South Africa: States Announce Several Measures to Halt the Gaza Genocide At Bogotá Conference

In a historic gathering, 12 countries announce Israel sanctions and renewed legal action to end Gaza genocide

This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on July 17, 2025. It is shared here with permission. Speaking about Palestine is speaking about resistance in the heart of horror. That is how Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, summed it up at an emergency conference in Bogotá, Colombia. The same Albanese who is currently facing sanctions imposed by the U.S. governme…

In a Historic Gathering, 12 Countries Announce Israel Sanctions and Renewed Legal Action To End Gaza Genocide

Representatives of over 30 states from Africa, Asia, Europe, as well as North America and South America met at the Emergency Conference of The Hague Group in Bogota, Colombia on July 15 and 15, 2025. (Photo: Progressive International) In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible do…

South Africa: States Announce Several Measures to Halt the Gaza Genocide At Bogotá Conference

[SAnews.gov.za] In a significant multilateral initiative, a coalition of countries from various regions has agreed on six coordinated diplomatic, legal and economic measures aimed at restraining Israel's actions in the occupied Palestinian territories and upholding international law.

WILPF Welcomes the Commitments to Halt Genocide Made at the Emergency Conference on Palestine in Bogotá

From 15–16 July 2025, thirty states met in Bogotá, Colombia at an Emergency Conference on Palestine, which was convened jointly by Colombia and South Africa as an initiative of the Hague Group. Participants of the conference, from states in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, “unanimously agreed that the era of impunity must end—and that international law must be enforced without fear or favour through immediate domestic polic…

Gaza crisis ‘unquestionably a genocide’ – South African official

Chrispin Phiri has warned that ICJ rulings must be enforced or the global legal order risks collapseSouth African International Relations Minister Spokesperson Chrispin Phiri © RT / RTThe situation in Gaza is “unquestionably a genocide,” South African International Relations Minister Spokesperson Chrispin Phiri has told RT, citing the scale of the humanitarian crisis.His remarks followed the conclusion of a two-day summit on Wednesday in the Col…