Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2022[1]
Preceded by
Michael Lynk
Personal details
Born
Francesca P. Albanese
1977 (age 46–47) Ariano Irpino, Italy
Alma mater
University of Pisa
Profession
Academic, lawyer
Francesca P. Albanese (Italian pronunciation:[franˈtʃeskaalbaˈneːse,-eːze]; born 1977) is an Italian international lawyer and academic.[2] On 1 May 2022, she was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for a three-year term.[3] She is the first woman to hold the position.
Albanese was born in Ariano Irpino, Italy in 1977. She holds a law degree with honours from the University of Pisa and a Master of Laws in human rights from SOAS University of London, and is completing her PhD in International Refugee Law at the Law Faculty of Amsterdam University.[2] She is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement at the non-profit Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD),[2] and Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
As part of her current position as UN rapporteur, Albanese has been critical of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and recommended in her first report that UN member states develop a plan to end the "Israeli settler-colonial occupation and apartheid regime". After the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Albanese called for an immediate ceasefire and warned that Palestinians in Gaza were at risk of "mass ethnic cleansing." On 26 March 2024, Albanese reported to the UN Human Rights Council that Israel's actions in Gaza amounted to genocide.
There has been international attention and controversy surrounding Albanese's appointment and tenure as Special Rapporteur. Critics of Albanese have accused her of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias, while human rights groups and scholars have said the accusations are illegitimate attempts to discredit her for her criticism of Israel.
^"OHCHR | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967". OHCHR.
^ abc"Lunchtime Seminar: 'Resetting the Mind: Settler Colonialism, Apartheid and the Right to Self-determination in Palestine'". University of Galway. 6 November 2022.
^Richard Falk; John Dugard; Michael Lynk (15 January 2023). Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine: Working Through the United Nations. SCB Distributors. ISBN 978-1-949762-55-6.
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