{"id":13012,"date":"2025-07-10T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=13012"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:13:22","slug":"us-sanctions-of-un-special-rapporteur-sets-deeply-troubling-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/us-sanctions-of-un-special-rapporteur-sets-deeply-troubling-precedent\/","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions of UN Special Rapporteur sets deeply troubling precedent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government must immediately urge the US to rescind its sanction on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Stephenson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUN Special Rapporteurs are independent experts charged with upholding human rights &#8211; Francesca Albanese is peerless when it comes to highlighting states\u2019 obligations to protect the human rights of Palestinians living in the occupied territories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter failing to remove Ms Albanese from her post, the US has thrown a tantrum and imposed sanctions, all because she was doing her job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration has facilitated a genocide being perpetrated by Israel \u2013 and these sanctions are efforts to bully its critics into silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US has gone rogue &#8211; its absence from the UN Human Rights Council this year while welcoming a war criminal like Benjamin Netanyahu is particularly jarring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese actions are purposeful, aimed at discrediting institutions like the UNHRC and the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US is intent on ripping up the international rules-based order and writing their own rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttempting to silence a figure who is doing nothing more than promoting peace and justice sets an incredibly dangerous precedent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative that T\u00e1naiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris raises this issue with the American Ambassador and urge the US to reverse its imposition. Francesca Albanese deserves our full support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>July 10th, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government must immediately urge the US to rescind its sanction on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson. 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