Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva on March 24, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
The United States has removed U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The notice states that Albanese, listed as Francesca Paola Albanese, has been deleted from the Specially Designated Nationals list under an International Criminal Court-related sanctions program.
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