The latest news and top stories on Francesca Albanese, an Italian legal scholar and human rights expert. She serves as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, a role she assumed in May 2022 as the first woman to hold the position. Her responsibilities include assessing and reporting on human rights in the region. Previously, she worked for a decade as a human rights expert for the UN, advising on human rights for vulnerable groups.