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U.S. Sanctions UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Over Gaza Genocide Allegations

Rights groups warn the measures threaten the independence of UN experts

FILE - Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
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Overview

  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced July 9 that Albanese’s U.S.-based assets would be frozen and that she and her immediate family would likely be barred from entry under the sanctions.
  • Rubio characterized her actions as a “campaign of political and economic warfare” for urging the International Criminal Court to investigate U.S. and Israeli officials, companies and executives.
  • Albanese’s July 1 report, “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide,” accused more than 60 firms of profiting from Israel’s occupation and called for legal accountability.
  • Human rights organizations led by Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard condemned the sanctions as an assault on the autonomy of UN special rapporteurs.
  • Albanese dismissed the decision as “mafia style intimidation techniques” and affirmed her commitment to continue documenting alleged rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories.