Spain awards UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours
Honour recognises Albanese’s work ‘documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza’
TL;DR
- Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on Palestinian territories, received Spain's Order of Civil Merit.
- The award recognizes her work documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised Albanese's role in upholding global conscience and criticized US sanctions against her.
- Albanese compared the destruction in Gaza to Picasso's Guernica and warned of a 'Gaza doctrine' influencing new conflicts.
- She has been vocal in her criticisms of Israel's military operations, describing them as genocide, and has faced potential arrest in Germany and sanctions from the US.