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US Sanctions UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for ICC Referrals

Washington says the sanctions punish her for referring US officials alongside Israeli counterparts to the ICC, following her July report on corporate complicity in Gaza.

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UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File Photo
U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Overview

  • President Trump’s administration announced sanctions on July 9 against Francesca Albanese for what Secretary of State Marco Rubio called her “illegitimate and shameful efforts” to prompt ICC investigations.
  • Although precise measures have not been detailed, the sanctions are expected to bar her from traveling to the United States and freeze any assets she holds there.
  • Albanese dismissed the move as “mafia style intimidation techniques” and affirmed her commitment to enforcing international law and exposing allegations of genocide in Gaza.
  • Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch condemned the sanctions as an attack on the independence of UN experts and the rule-based international order.
  • The action builds on a broader campaign by the administration against international legal bodies, following sanctions on ICC judges and withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.