The embattled witnesses
iThe embattled witnessesThe UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abusesby Alvina Hoffmann + BIOSmoke rising following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on 6 May 2025. Earlier in the spring, Albanese had written confidential letters to US companies, warning that she would name them in her forthcoming UN report for contributing to gross violations of human rights in Israel’s war in Gaza. The US administration framed these letters as a campaign of political and economic warfare.
- ▪iThe embattled witnessesThe UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abusesby Alvina Hoffmann + BIOSmoke rising following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in
- ▪Earlier in the spring, Albanese had written confidential letters to US companies, warning that she would name them in her forthcoming UN report for contributing to gross violations of human rights in Israel’s war in Gaza.
- ▪The US administration framed these letters as a campaign of political and economic warfare.
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iThe embattled witnessesThe UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abusesby Alvina Hoffmann + BIOSmoke rising following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on 6 May 2025. Photo by Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty ImagesAlvina Hoffmannis lecturer in Diplomatic Studies and deputy director of the Center for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London, UK.Edited bySam Haselby3,300 wordsSaveHuman rights and justicePolitics and governmentWar and peaceSYNDICATE THIS ESSAYSaveShareListen to this essay26 minute listenOn 9 July 2025, the government of the United States imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine.
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