Defamed in Germany: Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur

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On February 15, 2025, the event “Paths to Justice – International Law and Dialogue” took place as part of the 2025 Munich International Peace Conference. In the question and answer session following her speech at the Munich Peace Conference 2025, United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese reaffirms her position that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be understood from the perspective of settler colonialism, international law, and human rights violations.

This video was produced by DFG-VK Bayern PazifistInnen and published on their YouTube channel on the 15th of February, 2025. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.

To read the transcript of the interview: Defamed in Germany: Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur

VIDEO: Defamed in Germany: Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur

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ÜBER FRANCESCA ALBANESE

Francesca Albanese is an international lawyer and academic.On 1 May 2022, she was appointed United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. She is the first woman to hold the position. Albanese holds a law degree with honours from the University of Pisa and a Master of Laws in human rights from SOAS University of London. She is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement at the non-profit Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD).