"After the US government placed sanctions on the United Nations' special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, her life turned upside down. Credit cards stopped working, she told Al Jazeera. A hotel reservation booked by the European Parliament was cancelled. Medical insurance was denied. For Albanese, the consequences of her work on Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza were not just professional they were personal, too."
"As leaders, diplomats, and legal experts gathered in Qatar's capital for the Doha Forum this weekend under the theme Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress, the crisis in Gaza dominated discussions. Allegations of genocide against Israel, repeated vetoes blocking UN ceasefire resolutions, and growing pressure on international justice mechanisms have made Gaza a test case for the rules-based international order, raising questions about whether international law is capable of providing justice."
Sanctions imposed by the US on UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese disrupted her personal and professional life: credit cards stopped working, a European Parliament hotel reservation was cancelled, and medical insurance was denied. Albanese calls the sanctions unlawful under international law and says they seek to silence human rights advocacy. The Doha Forum focused on Gaza, where allegations of genocide, repeated vetoes blocking UN ceasefire resolutions, and political pressure on international justice mechanisms test the rules-based order. Human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Israel's B'Tselem have described Israel's conduct in Gaza as genocide. US officials accused Albanese of waging political and economic warfare; she rejects the claim as baseless.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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