Richard Falk

Richard Falk is professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and in 2008 was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights.

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Obama bows to AIPAC’s will

by Richard Falk

28 May 2011

On Sunday May 22, 2011, Barack Obama spoke at an AIPAC Conference, three days after giving his pro-Israeli speech at the State Department on his broader Middle East foreign policy. It was a shockingly partisan speech to the extremist lobbying group that has the entire US Congress in an (…)

Libya: Will we ever learn? Kicking the intervention habit

by Richard Falk

11 March 2011

Not only would a decision to impose a no-fly zone in Libya fly in the face of international law and principles, it would also be counterproductive in terms of achieving the stated humanitarian objectives. International law professor Richard Falk exposes the hypocrisy and bankruptcy of the (…)

Presentation by UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk of the final report of his mandate

by Richard Falk

20 October 2010

United Nations New York 20 October 2010
The following is an oral presentation made by Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967, to the United Nations General Assembly on 20 October 2010:
As this is my last (…)

On the road to justice?

Why The Goldstone Report Matters

by Richard Falk

9 October 2009

In dissecting the Goldstone Report, Richard Falk points to a number of limitations and pitfalls which he himself would undoubtedly have averted. He nevertheless acclaims the report as an historic milestone in the struggle for Palestinian justice, which has already shaken Israel’s pedestal of (…)

International calls for an investigation

Israel’s War Crimes

by Richard Falk

31 March 2009

Speaking before the UN Council of Human Rights, Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 affirmed that Israel’s offensive against the densely populated Gaza strip "... would seem to constitute a war crime of the (…)

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