Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times(emphasis ours),
The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The notice said Albanese, listed as Francesca Paola Albanese, had been deleted from the Specially Designated Nationals list under an International Criminal Court-related sanctions program.
The sanctions barred her from entering the United States and banking there.
The move came a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated Albanese's free-speech rights by imposing the measures.
Albanese, an Italian lawyer based in Tunisia, serves as the "U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967."
She has repeatedly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, allegations Israel has rejected.
The United States had placed Albanese under sanctions in July 2025 under an executive order targeting people accused of assisting International Criminal Court actions against the United States or its allies.
"The United States has repeatedly condemned and objected to the biased and malicious activities of Albanese that have long made her unfit for service as a Special Rapporteur. Albanese has spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United States, Israel, and the West," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote at the time.
The sanctions barred U.S. persons from doing business with her and blocked any property or interests in property under U.S. jurisdiction.
Source: ZeroHedge News
