US EditionUS sanctions UN official over political ‘warfare’ against Israel
UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – The US targets Albanese for urging ICC probes into US and Israeli officials and companies, accusing her of political and economic warfare against both nations, Secretary Rubio said.
- On Wednesday, the United States imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. official responsible for monitoring human rights conditions in Palestinian areas under occupation, in response to her involvement in efforts linked to the International Criminal Court's actions targeting U.S. and Israeli individuals and entities.
- The sanctions followed Albanese’s report accusing over 60 U.S.-based companies of complicity in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which she described as genocide after the October 7 Hamas attack that killed nearly 1,200 people.
- A human rights advocate from Italy with extensive experience working within U.N. bodies and in academia has called on governments to impose arms embargoes and sanctions on Israel, a stance that U.S. officials have criticized as politically motivated and unfairly biased.
- U.S. officials accused Albanese of pushing for illegitimate ICC arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and for cooperating without authorization to target U.S. and Israeli citizens, while Albanese dismissed the sanctions imposed on her as tactics resembling "mafia-style intimidation."
- The sanctions intensified international tensions, drawing condemnation from human rights experts urging support for rapporteurs and praise from U.S. and Israeli officials demanding Albanese’s removal due to her alleged antisemitism and advocacy bias.
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Rights Defenders Denounce US Sanctions on UN Expert on Palestinians
Human rights defenders rallied on Thursday to support the top UN expert on Palestinian rights, after the United States imposed sanctions on her over what it said was unfair criticism of Israel. Italian lawyer Francesca Albanese serves as special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, one of dozens of experts appointed by the 47-member UN Human Rights Council to report on specific global issues.
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The United Nations has rejected US government sanctions against an independent UN rapporteur as "unacceptable".
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