Acknowledging the backlash at a Geneva news conference, Albanese admitted to enduring a challenging period. Despite being appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2022, she emphasised that she does not speak on behalf of the United Nations Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, reaffirmed her resolve on Wednesday despite facing threats over her determination that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. Albanese’s recent statement asserting reasonable grounds to believe Israel’s involvement in “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza has sparked strong reactions. Israel criticized her report as a distortion of reality,...