US sanctions UN official Francesca Albanese
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for calling for international investigations of Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.
Special rapporteurs enjoy full diplomatic immunity under international law. Fellow experts suggest US sanctions can be subject of proceedings at the International Court of Justice
An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territory.
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TAG24 on MSNUN rapporteur Francesca Albanese says US sanctions are a sign of "guilt" over Gaza conflictThe United Nations special rapporteur to Palestine recently responded after the US issued sanctions against her for criticizing their support of Israel.
The United Nations is pushing back against the United States after President Trump’s administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the
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An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday slapped personal sanctions on United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, in a bizarre through-the-looking-glass statement, every word of which is either a lie or used to mean the opposite of what it means in ordinary language.
What Albanese’s report tries to do is not merely shame Israel’s genocide partners but to tell us that we now have a frame of reference.