Georgetown University Ends Affiliation with U.N. Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur and Hamas Apologist Francesca Albanese Over Antisemitic Comments
Georgetown University appears to have ended its relationship with Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, over antisemitic comments, including those justifying the events of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on civilians.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Albanese was previously listed on the “Other Affiliated Scholars” page of Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration.
Her bio page has now been completely removed, and her information can no longer be found on the university’s site.
Albanese has a history of antisemitic, anti-Israel comments.
She has claimed that Israel has no right of self-defense after the Hamas terrorists on October 7.
She claims “self-defense” has a “narrow meaning under Article 51 of the U.S. charter” and that it does not give the Jewish state the right to defend itself against Hamas terrorists who invaded their land and slaughtered 1,400 civilians, kidnapped others, including babies, and used rape as a tool of war.
A report at the Washington Free Beacon explains Albanese believes the definition requires the threat to come from “another state,” and since she claims Hamas comes from an “occupied territory,” Israel’s defense of its own citizens is a crime.
She also denied that the terrorist group’s hatred of Jews was behind the attack.
UN Watch compiled extensive evidence in a 60-page report of Albanese’s discriminatory remarks.
Executive Director of UN Watch, Hillel Neuer, celebrated the news on X.
“BREAKING: In wake of our campaign, UN Hamas apologist Francesca Albanese has been removed from Georgetown University. L: Her “Affiliate Scholar” page R: Now deleted isim.georgetown.edu/profile/france Thank you, @Georgetown.”
“It’s time to expel all terror supporters from our universities.”
BREAKING: In wake of our campaign, UN Hamas apologist Francesca Albanese has been removed from Georgetown University.
L: Her “Affiliate Scholar” page
R: Now deleted https://t.co/AyMbbOPhosThank you, @Georgetown. It’s time to expel all terror supporters from our universities. pic.twitter.com/091j1et3wW
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 21, 2025
The Gateway Pundit previously reported on accusations from U.N. Watch that Albanese also committed “gross violations of U.N. rules and professional ethics.”
Albanese is in charge of investigating “Israel’s violations of the bases and principles of international law”
According to the legal complaint filed with U.N. Secretary General António Guterres and High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Albanese allegedly accepted honorariums and payments from activist and advocacy groups in violation of the U.N. code of conduct.
The role of special rapporteur is a volunteer position technically independent of the United Nations. Expenses are to be paid for out of a designated budget and acceptance of payments, including those for travel and honorariums, from “any governmental or non-governmental source” for “activities carried out in pursuit” of the special rapporteur’s mandate is strictly prohibited.
The U.N. Watch complaint alleges that Albanese violated the UN code of conduct by illegally requesting payments for work done in her official capacity and argues that she circumvented the prohibition on accepting remuneration by directing honorariums to be paid to her research assistant.
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