The Treasury Department on Wednesday reimposed sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on Palestinian territories, just one week after removing her from a federal sanctions list.The Office of Foreign Asset Control added Albanese to its specially designated nationals list under sanctions tied to the International Criminal Court, according to a Treasury notice released Wednesday.The move effectively freezes any U.S.-linked assets and generally bars Americans and U.S. entities from doing business with her.
Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer who serves as the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, was first sanctioned by the Trump administration in July 2025.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the time accused her of waging “political and economic warfare” against the United States and Israel through efforts to encourage ICC investigations of Israeli and U.S. officials.
The Trump administration’s ire of Albanese reached a fever pitch when she sent “threatening letters” to dozens of global businesses and groups, including American companies, making extreme and unfounded accusations and recommending the ICC pursue investigations and prosecutions of these companies and their executives.
