UN Rapporteur Albanese Reappointment Faces Objections
Following is a compilation of objections made to the reappointment of UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese. See also UN Watch’s 60-page dossier documenting her abuses and misconduct, “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.” U
• UN Watch submission invokes 8/PRST/2 (March 26, 2025): “Ms. Albanese’s breaches of the Code of Conduct are widespread, systematic and grave. She repeated makes inflammatory and antisemitic statements that violate the fundamental principles of impartiality and integrity required of special procedure mandate-holders.” In support of its objection, UN Watch also submitted to the President a petition with 100,000 signatures.
• U.S. Government (April 3, 2025): “We condemn [Ms. Albanese’s] virulent antisemitism, which demonizes Israel and supports Hamas. She has clearly violated the UN’s code of conduct and is unfit for her role. Her reappointment would show the @UN tolerates antisemitic hatred and support for terrorism.”
• 42 French Parliamentarians (March 28, 2025): Ms. Albanese’s reappointment “would send a regrettable signal to victims, human rights defenders, and states committed to credible multilateralism.”
• U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (March 31, 2025): “Ms. Albanese unapologetically uses her position as a UN Special Rapporteur to purvey and attempt to legitimize antisemitic tropes, while serving as a Hamas apologist.”
• The Netherlands (March 26, 2025): “Several of her social media statements are at odds with the Code of Conduct. The Cabinet disapproves of these expressions. The Cabinet does not support Albanese’s possible reappointment.”
• Hungary (April 1, 2025): “…the extension of Special Rapporteur Albanese’s tenure would send a regrettable message to victims, human rights defenders and those committed to credible multilateralism.”
• Israel (March 24, 2025): “Francesca Albanese continuously engages in blatant antisemitic behavior and discourse, pedaling narratives that are dangerous for the Jewish people and detrimental to the fabric of societies as a whole.”
• Argentina (March 28, 2025): “Argentina supports [the State of Israel’s] concerns… and underlines the importance of the Special Rapporteurs adhering to the provisions of the Code of Conduct…”
• Albania’s former Deputy Prime Minister Genc Pollo (April 1, 2025): “An antisemitic & pro Hamas rapporteur would discredit (further) the UN Human Rights Council. I call on [the Albanian] Government to act accordingly.”
• Italy’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Guglielmo Picchi (March 31, 2025): “I call on the Italian Government to ask UNHCR president Jurg Lauber to stop the planned reappointment as special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories of Francesca Albanese this Friday, April 4th.”
• German Member of Parliament Daniela Ludwig (April 1, 2025): “Anyone who downplays the Islamist terror by Hamas and wants to legitimize the thousand-fold murder of Jews as democratic resistance is no longer bearable.”
• German Member of Parliament Jürgen Hardt (April 1, 2025): “Under Francesca Albanese, her office became an obstacle to the peace process. This failure must not burden Israel and the Palestinians for another term of office.”
• British Member of Parliament David Taylor (April 1, 2025): “Albanese’s response to the largest antisemitic massacre of the 21st century…in a UN capacity is abhorrent and does so much damage to communities already torn apart by horrific violence, going against everything the United Nations stands for.”
• Actions Avocats, an Association of 200+ French Attorneys (April 2, 2025): “Ms. Albanese has repeatedly made public statements, taken positions, and engaged in ac9ons that can be regarded as fundamentally contrary to the principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity, and non-selectivity that should guide the consideration of any renewal of her mandate…” (Original in French)
• American Jewish Committee (March 31, 2025): “The continued appointment of Ms. Albanese sends a deeply troubling signal to Jewish communities worldwide, to the victims of antisemitic violence, and to all states and civil society actors who believe in a multilateralism rooted in integrity and universality.”
• World Jewish Congress (March 27, 2025): “The World Jewish Congress strongly calls upon the Human Rights Council to reject the renewal of Ms. Albanese’s mandate. We urge the Council to immediately appoint a new Special Rapporteur whose embodies fairness, objectivity, and a genuine commitment to peace, justice, and the equal dignity of all peoples.”
• Anti-Defamation League (March 28, 2025): “ADL has documented numerous instances where Ms. Albanese has made inflammatory and antisemitic statements, undermining the principles of impartiality and integrity required of her role as set out by UNHRC resolution 5/2. ”
https://unwatch.org/objections-to-reappointment-of-un-rapporteur-francesca-albanese/