The United States has announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a senior United Nations Human Rights Council official, for her vocal criticism of Israel's military actions in Gaza. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the sanctions targeted Albanese for what he called her "illegitimate and shameful efforts" to prompt investigations by the International Criminal Court into U.

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories in Geneva, will be sanctioned by the United States. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the decision

Washington: The United States has placed sanctions on human rights legal scholar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestine, in a dramatic move believed to be the first time the US has directly sanctioned a UN representative.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attributed the move to ‘her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt [ICC] action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies, and executives’

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, sanctioned by US for criticizing Israel's military conduct in Gaza.

US Secretary of State announces sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur for her 'illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt the International Criminal Court action against US and Israeli officials, companies,

US has sanctioned UN expert Francesca Albanese over her report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and implicating Western companies in the offensive.

The State Department confirmed sanctions were imposed on UN official Francesca Albanese over efforts targeting U.S. and Israeli officials through the ICC.