India, July 10 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on Francesca Paola Albanese, the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories alleging that she has directly engaged with the International Criminal Court in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute US, Israeli nationals without the consent of those two countries. Neither the United States nor Israel is party to the Rome Statute, based on which the International Criminal Court was founded.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this action is a gross infringement on the sovereignty of both countries.
Albanese has spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United ...