The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza.
The state department’s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, comes after a recent US pressure campaign to force the international body to remove her from her post failed.
Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has been vocal in calling for an end to what she describes as the “genocide” that Israel is waging against Palestinians in Gaza. Both Israel and the US, which provides military support, have strongly denied that accusation.
Israel has faced accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and of war crimes at the ICC over its devastating military assault on Gaza. Albanese’s position has also been backed by leading genocide scholars and rights organisations.
“we don’t like the reflection, so we’re gonna break the mirror!”
Badge of honour
I would expect nothing less from my piece of shit country. Taken over by MAGAts.
It was a piece of shit long before MAGA. It just got tired of pretending otherwise
The Biden admin already targeted UN officials and the ICC. This enjoys bipartisan support in the US.
There is nothing more beloved to the US oligarchy and their political representatives than committing war crimes and crimes against humanity with impunity.
Indeed and as a Sentor during Bush’s reign, he also voted for the “Hauge Invasion Act”, fuck Biden as well.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law
The Biden admin already targeted UN officials and the ICC.
And this is exactly why absolutely no one should be giving him a pass. He went the extra fucking mile to act as an accomplice.
Destroying sources of data is quite fascist.
Can’t have her invesatigating US involvment. She must be a terrorist or something.
Why does the U.S.A. bother with hiding another country’s crimes? genuine question
We plan to commit similar crimes in the future, you see?
The usa been commiting war crimes for decades nothing new
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Did you create your Lemmy account just to say this?
He created dozens of Lemmy accounts just to say this
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What does issuing sanctions against a single person actually do, like functionally? I assume a ban on travelling to the US, but is that it? Is it anything like issuing a fatwa against someone?
No longer is able to work at the UN HQ (New York, New York).
travel restrictions, freezing of assets, and stuff. https://sanctionslawyers.net/blog-en/what-does-it-mean-to-be-sanctioned/
