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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert
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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that the attack on Nasser Hospital, which they described as Gaza’s last large Palestinian hospital, exposed what they called humanitarian cover for Israel’s military operations. They said Israel invoked IHL to justify devastating harm to civilians and claimed the aim was to destroy Palestinians, including their capacity to heal. #Gaza #HumanRights #IHL #IL #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that Gaza had more than 2 million olive trees before 2023 and that about 150,000 remained. They also argued that genocide involved not only killing, but the intentional destruction of the conditions necessary for a people’s existence and the infliction of severe mental harm. https://t.co/FXBZFgzB9o #Gaza #OliveTrees #Genocide #PS #IL

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author said they had denounced in July 2023 what they described as widespread imprisonment of Palestinians under Israeli occupation, and called the post further proof. They urged maximum pressure on Israel, which they labelled an apartheid state, and used the hashtag #LetShawanTravel while tagging Shawan Jabarin and Al-Haq. #Palestine #Apartheid #HumanRights #IL #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

"International law remains the last peaceful tool we have to confront injustice and pave the way for the future," said Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, at a press conference held in The Hague following the submission of the complaint. #Trump #CPI #Gaza (translated)

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author called on Israel to open all crossings into Gaza and allow humanitarian aid, including tents, modular housing, clean water, nutritious food and medicines. They said that if Israel had not done so by 9 a.m. the following day, principled leaders should send humanitarian vessels to break the siege. #Gaza #HumanitarianAid #Israel #IL #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author argued that the concern was not opposition to corporations, but preventing large companies in technology, pharmaceuticals, insurance and consulting from controlling markets and, especially, politics.

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that they learned about the Khan Younis massacre in 2010 through Joe Sacco’s *Footnotes in Gaza* and took the book on a trip to Gaza. At Erez, they said, a UN official asked them to cover it so as not to upset Israeli guards. The author questioned how long Palestinian massacres had been normalised by being left unspoken. #Palestine #Gaza #HumanRights #IL #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author said images of children in freezing floodwater and in flimsy tents that they believed would not last another winter made them feel sick. They invoked Primo Levi’s words, saying Europeans learned them at school but forgot them in politics and diplomacy, and called the situation “the shame of our time.” https://t.co/EATqXEvIwE #Refugees #HumanRights #Solidarity #IT #EU

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author criticized the European Commission for describing Israel as a “vibrant democracy” during what they called the height of racist violence against Palestinians. They noted that a bloc led by a prime minister wanted by the ICC had won 53 of 120 seats and called the Commission’s description beyond the pale. https://t.co/wr4NCv61PI #Palestine #Israel #HumanRights #IL #EU

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The writer congratulated Dr Abdul El-Sayed and other US candidates, saying they had defeated what they described as a pro-apartheid lobby’s effort to elect politicians who supported Israel’s ethnic cleansing and atrocity crimes in Palestine. They said they hoped this would mark the beginning of the end of what they called a “rule of lawlessness.” #Palestine #EthnicCleansing #HumanRights #US #IS #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author argued that American voters were rejecting Donald Trump and his unconditional support for Israel, while the Italian right remained, in his opinion, the most faithful European supporter of apartheid and genocide in Palestine. He hoped that Italian voters would remember this next year and called for a time of humanity. #Palestina #DirittiUmani #Politica #USA #IT #IL #PS (translated)

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that human rights experts had long warned that the repression of anti-apartheid and anti-genocide protests exposed a system in which Israel’s apartheid inspired Western democracy. They said that system granted rights to some while punishing criticism and dissent, militarising and securitising daily life, and tolerating racist ideology. #HumanRights #Apartheid #Protest #IL

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that they hoped police would stop using batons against people defending human rights and opposing war and genocide, and would instead join the anti-apartheid and anti-war movement, which they said would mark the start of a new era.

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that, with the "Palestine Effect," people understood the situation, joined together, and mobilized beyond national borders against a system that, according to him, wanted them passive and exploitable for the benefit of predatory elites. He added that he discussed it in the latest issue of *This Week in Palestine* and called the case he was referring to a striking example. #Palestina #GiustiziaSociale #Mobilitazione #PS #IL (translated)

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author wrote that Palestinians were being killed, tortured and physically and psychologically mutilated, while being blamed and smeared by people who identified as Zionists. They questioned how hurt feelings about an ideology could be treated as an emergency and said this revealed people’s values and priorities.

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author said Palestinians were being killed, tortured and mutilated physically and psychologically, while being blamed and smeared by people who identified as Zionists. They questioned how someone’s hurt feelings about an ideology could be treated as an emergency and said this revealed much about people’s values and priorities. #Palestine #HumanRights #StopTheViolence #IL #PS

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author described the campaign against Zack Polanski and others opposing apartheid as a test for Britain, asking whether it would become a Corbyn moment or a Macklemore moment. #WitchHunt #Apartheid #Britain #GB

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author said Italians were refusing to remain silent or inactive in the face of what they described as genocide and the normalisation of war. They wrote that a global awakening had begun, alongside a peaceful uprising against what they called the globalisation of apartheid, and called for unity in support of peace, human rights and love for one another. #dirittiumanitari #pace #unità #IT

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author described Palestine as a source of revelation, saying its martyrdom was awakening the world and its struggle against apartheid was at the heart of people who valued freedom. They characterized sumud as a language of resistance to oppression and thanked Mackelmore for his solidarity. #Palestine #Resistance #Freedom #PS (translated)

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Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert

The author argued that abusive authorities used name-calling against human rights defenders to deflect from having no answer, and urged people working for justice to stand together. They called for the movement’s numbers to be made visible and said that no one was safe until everyone was safe.

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