U.S. Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Spotlight Flaws in Global Human Rights Oversight

When the United States placed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a U.N. special rapporteur investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, it did more than just target an individual — it exposed a broader risk to America’s national interest posed by politicized global institutions. Albanese, whose reports have accused Israel of genocide and implicated major U.S. corporations as complicit, operates within a system that often prioritizes ideological agendas over balanced fact-finding.Is the UN Human Rights Council Serving Justice or Political Theater?The U.N. Human Rights Council’s network of special rapporteurs is designed to monitor countries’ compliance with human rights standards....