Rene Cassin Awards UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese acknowledges her commitment to the victims of Palestine
Albanes has not been able to receive the award directly, due to agenda issues, and the jurors have received recognition on his behalf.
Maria Jesús San José, Counsellor for Justice and Human Rights, attended this Wednesday in Bilbao the ceremony of the 2025 René Cassin Prize, which this year highlighted the career of the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese.
The event was attended by authorities, representatives of social organizations and human rights professionals. Albanese was unable to attend due to agenda issues. The members of the jury received on their behalf, under the chairmanship of the President, the Deputy Minister for Human Rights, Memory and Coexistence, Arritxu Marañon.
San José praises the work of Albanese, which has documented violations, denounced impunity and called for compliance with international humanitarian law. It also proclaims that "the defence of human dignity has never been comfortable, but is always necessary" and calls for the validity of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which it describes as "the most ambitious ethical treaty signed by humanity".
Prior to the award, a video has been shown in which Albanes himself has expressed his gratitude and stressed that the situation in Palestine shows that prolonged occupation, apartheid and systematic policies of violence constitute genocide, "as documented and corroborated by international reports". In this context, he has stressed that society "cannot continue as a spectator", since "international law requires states to prevent, stop and punish such crimes".
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