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Dozens of Nations Adopt Six-Point Plan at Bogotá Summit to End Israel’s Occupation

Twelve states pledged immediate enforcement of six measures on issues from arms embargoes to ICC warrant compliance; additional countries are invited to join by September 20, 2025.

Riyad Mansour, Palestinian U.N. ambassador, top, second from right, speaks in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, during a two-day conference to address the Israel-Hamas war and Israel's military actions in Gaza. Second from left at the table is Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio. At far right at table is U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese. At far left at table is Zane Dangor, South Africa's Foreign Minister. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian U.N. ambassador, second from right, speaks during a two-day conference to address the Israel-Hamas war and Israel's military actions in Gaza, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. From left are South Africa's Foreign Minister Zane Dangor, Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio and U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese speaks during a two-day conference to address the Israel-Hamas war and Israel's military actions in Gaza, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Overview

  • The two-day Bogotá summit co-hosted by Colombia and South Africa under The Hague Group brought together over 30 countries to translate UN legal mandates into binding national actions against Israel’s occupation.
  • Delegates endorsed a six-point action plan built on the 2024 ICJ advisory opinion and a UN General Assembly resolution, obliging states to cease aid that maintains the occupation and to accelerate its end.
  • Twelve countries—including Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Namibia and South Africa—committed to immediate domestic enforcement of the plan through legal and administrative steps and set a September 20, 2025 deadline for others to join.
  • Key measures require participating states to impose arms embargoes, ban docking of vessels linked to the Israeli military, comply with ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, and expand judicial avenues such as universal jurisdiction.
  • Despite recent US sanctions freezing her assets and revoking her visa, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese praised the summit’s outcomes and urged more governments to suspend ties with Israel to uphold international law.