{"id":29827,"date":"2026-02-27T06:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29827"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:25:54","slug":"family-of-un-rapporteur-albanese-sues-trump-administration-over-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29827","title":{"rendered":"Family of UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Albanese, a supporter of Palestinian rights, has faced US sanctions since July over her criticism of Israel.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 11, 2024 [Pierre Albouy\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The family of United Nations human rights rapporteur Francesca Albanese has sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump over the sanctions it imposed upon her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albanese\u2019s husband and child filed the lawsuit on Thursday. It argues that the sanctions are an effort to punish Albanese for bringing attention to the rights abuses Israel has perpetuated against Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2022, Albanese, a legal scholar, has served as the special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, where she monitors human rights abuses against Palestinians. The UN Human Rights Council selected her for the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration, however, sanctioned her last July, calling her \u201cunfit\u201d for her role and accusing her of \u201cbiased and malicious activities\u201d against the US and its ally, Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also highlighted her work with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which \u2014 after considering the recommendations of Albanese and other experts \u2014 issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albanese\u2019s family, however, defended her comments as an expression of free speech, protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrancesca\u2019s expression of her views about the facts as she has found them in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and about the work of the ICC is core First Amendment activity,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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