Overview

• On July 9, Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese under a Trump-era executive order.
• Rubio said the penalties target her efforts to prompt International Criminal Court investigations into alleged war crimes by U.S. and Israeli actors.
• He denounced her campaign as “illegitimate and shameful” political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel.
• Albanese’s latest report accused U.S. companies of supporting Israel’s “economy of genocide,” intensifying calls for corporate accountability.
• Israeli officials praised the action, the United Nations has remained publicly silent, and the State Department pledged to keep countering perceived lawfare.