Francesca Albanese

Georgetown University severs ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks

Georgetown University has removed Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, following her antisemitic remarks, including justifying the October 7 attacks, after a campaign by UN Watch.

United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, September 15, 2025.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (L), Italian United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila chant slogans as they arrive on a boat during a anti-Israel demonstration against Italy's government, in Genoa on November 28, 2025 

Greta Thunberg, Francesca Albanese attend transport-disrupting Israel protests in Italy

FRANCESCA ALBANESE, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, speaks at the UN in Geneva in September. Her antisemitic record and support for terrorists led to condemnation and sanctioning by the US, the writer notes.

UN's Broken Chair: How Geneva became ground zero for global antisemitism - opinion

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, and British Israeli architect Eyal Weizman co-chair a conference titled, "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Italy, October 6,2025.

Francesca Albanese is motivated by hatred of Israel, not peace and human rights - opinion


'Rotten to the core': UN's Albanese deflects blood libel, implies most Israelis are pro-genocide

"No matter how few they are, we must not invisibilise the Israelis who stand against Occupation, Apartheid, Genocide," Albanese wrote.

 Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

Statehood and sovereignty: How Middle East conflicts challenge International Law - comment

If Israel is destined to live on guard for the long run, let it move from defense to offense in areas where it is challenged and not limit its struggle to the military alone.

 Milan Fakih, 40, father of Hashim Fakih, 10, and Fatima Fakih, 11, take a selfie together in front of their destroyed house, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement.

Francesca Albanese alleges Palestinian doctor 'likely raped to death' in Israeli detention

Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh died in an Israeli prison after over four months of detention at both the Sde Teiman facility and Ofer Prison.

 Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

UN Watch calls for sanctions against Francesca Albanese over antisemitism and terrorism support

UN Watch report exposes Francesca Albanese's antisemitism, support for terrorism, and financial misconduct.

(Illustrative) Francesca Albanese against a backdrop of a Tzav 9 protester sign.

WJC slams UN’s Albanese for Holocaust inversion, Israel-Nazi comparisons

“The constant statements made by [Albanese] comparing Israel to Nazi Germany are not only deeply offensive, but a gross distortion of history,” the WJC wrote.

 Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

The UN protects Hamas because it hates Jews – opinion

After repeated attacks on Israel, why does a peace organization continually protect a terrorist group?

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva earlier this year.

UN experts censure Western support for Israel since Gaza war

Israel's permanent mission to the UN in Geneva criticized Albanese. "She is not fit to hold any position at the United Nations, and this has been made clear by many," it said.

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva earlier this year.

Francesca Albanese: 'Free the hostages, both Israeli and Palestinians'

"Whether the Israeli #hostages found dead in a Gaza tunnel were executed or killed, this is yet another heinous crime that must be accounted for," she wrote.

 United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese looks on at a press conference during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on March 27, 2024.

Francesca Albanese: Israel’s claim to self-defense in the West Bank ‘has no validity’

Albanese’s comments came less than a day before two attempted terrorist attacks wounded three Israelis in Gush Etzion in the West Bank.

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a press conference following a meeting with Egyptian delegations to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo. April 25, 2024.

'Shameful concentration camp': Albanese renews accusations of Israeli genocide in Gaza

The IDF estimated some 20 terrorists were killed on a strike on a Hamas HQ embedded in a Gazan school, while Palestinian reports claimed over 100 Palestinians were killed.

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a press conference following a meeting with Egyptian delegations to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo. April 25, 2024.