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.

The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nation’s special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, alleging that Albanese is targeti...

Mariana Katzarova, who serves as the special rapporteur for human rights in Russia, said her concern was that other countries would follow the U.S. lead. "This is totally unacceptable and opens the ga...