Franscesca Albanese’s New Work. The profit from a genocide.

This work covers the economic aspects of a genocide and calls it by name. These are legal responsibilities, clearly delineated in law.  They are called ‘obligations’.

Everything that I said about those countries supporting Israel over a long period will now be exposed. We will see some red faces.  Yes, China is there.  So is South Korea and a raft of others, even Mexico.   We have 39 pages of organisations, state owned enterprises and others that are in the eyes of the law guilty to perpetrating this genocide and ignoring their own obligations under the law.  It is worse than that.  They are profiting from it.

Although she talks about Corporate Entities, the definition is:  Corporate entities” in the present report refers to business enterprises, multinational corporations, for-profit and not-for-profit entities, whether private, public or State-owned.  Corporate responsibility applies regardless of the size, sector, operational context, ownership and structure of the entity.

This is not business as usual.
My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today.
It shows how corporations have fueled and legitimised the destruction of Palestine.
Genocide, it would seem, is profitable. This cannot continue, accountability must… pic.twitter.com/Ei3atw0TQ1

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) July 1, 2025

On 3 July, she will present her work at the Human Rights Council and afterwars there will be a press conference. I’m putting the prepaged page right here for all who want to take a listen at the time. We can cnsider this thread as a placeholder as the actual release, presentation and conference will happen tomorrow.

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1a90qctnz

UN expert identifies over 60 companies directly aiding Israel
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Francesca Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has identified more than 60 companies, including major arms producers and tech firms, in a… pic.twitter.com/3AA2Z5vfVU

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) July 1, 2025

UPDATES: This post was planned to be updated after Francesca’s press conference but things are already beginning to hop.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 The U.S. government has formally requested that the United Nations remove pro-Hamas official Francesca Albanese for her “virulent antisemitism and support for terrorism,” for attacking U.S. companies in her new report, and misrepresenting her legal qualifications. pic.twitter.com/X2njJepJQu

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) July 1, 2025