Francesca Albanese to deliver 'symbolic' UN speech from South Africa after Trump sanctions

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, is set to deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly from South Africa instead of New York. This is due to sanctions imposed by the US Trump administration which bar her from traveling to the United States. Her speech will launch a new report on third-state complicity in the genocide in Gaza, following a previous report that named over 60 companies and states for enabling Israel's actions. The sanctions against a UN expert are considered a historic precedent, prompting calls for a case at the International Court of Justice over a breach of diplomatic immunity.