The United Nations special rapporteur to Palestine recently responded after the US issued sanctions against her for criticizing their support of Israel.

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

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.

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territory.

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

By Chronicle Staff The United Nations has strongly criticized the US decision to impose sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, warning that such actions against independent human rights experts set a “dangerous

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.