Two Christian charities say United Nations shouldn’t be allowed to intervene in their lawsuit against Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, at the Bogotá summit in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 16, 2025. Credit: Office of the President of Colombia via Wikimedia Commons.

The United Nations shouldn’t be allowed to assert that Francesca Albanese, a U.N. special rapporteur, holds immunity in a civil lawsuit in which two U.S. Christian charities allege that she defamed them, the National Jewish Advocacy Center said last week.

The center represents Christian Friends of Israeli Communities and Christians for Israel USA. It said in a filing last week that Albanese was improperly granted a second term as an unpaid U.N. adviser—what the global body calls an “independent expert”—which nullifies her mandate...

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