US imposes sanctions on UN rapporteur Albanese over ICC efforts against Israel
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced Washington was sanctioning the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese.
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- Published Date: 09:31 | 09 July 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he is imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, The United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian territories, over her efforts to have the International Criminal Court take action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies and executives.
"Albanese's campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated," Rubio said in a post on X.