New storm is coming Francesca Albanese. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 has been accused of human rights violations Code of Conduct the UN. The “independent expert”’s last trip to Australia was targeted by the NGO Un Watch. “Her recent trip to Australia as special rapporteur was funded by prominent Palestinian advocacy groups in that country, the Australian Friends of Palestine Association and the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, as well as Free Palestine Melbourne and Palestinian Christians in Australia,” Un Watch executive director Hillel Neuer wrote in a statement Letter to Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
According to the Un Watch number one, Albanese would have violated Article 3 of the Code of Conduct, which is provided for in the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council and to which all independent human rights experts of the organization must adhere. The first paragraph of the article in question prescribes to act “independently”, “free from any kind of external influence, instigation, pressure, threat or interference, directly or indirectly, by any person, whether one of the parties to the dispute or not.” , for some reason.”
Neuer therefore presents theimpartiality von Albanese pressed on the alleged sponsors who supported the speaker’s trip. “The lobbyists’ sponsorship of Ms. Albanese’s trip constitutes a form of favor, gift or remuneration that is clearly prohibited under Article 3,” the document continues, ending with an official request addressed directly to Guterres. to remove the “sent person” from her role since May 2022.
On November 11 last year, Francesca Albanese delivered the annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture hosted by the Australian Friends of Palestine Association in Adelaide, while in the following days she spoke for over an hour at the National Press Club, where she reiterated that the sentences were due to Israel’s political and military leaders “would reveal that.”genocidal intent “To wipe out Gaza and its inhabitants.”
Furthermore, there was no shortage of controversy during this event when journalist Daniel Hurst of The Guardian asked the UN special rapporteur what he meant when he accused Israel of “domination” and whether the term used was not an empty phrase. Albanese, clearly annoyed by the question, invited him to read the Convention on Racial Discrimination, since in her opinion it would legally constitute “racial discrimination” in the Israeli case.Racial segregation regime“.