Richard A. Falk
Richard Anderson Falk (born November 13, 1930) is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of another 20 books, speaker, activist on world affairs, and an appointee to two United Nations positions on the Palestinian territories.
In 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed Falk to a six-year term as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967." Some of his official reports, as well as other writings, have been criticized by United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and others.
Read more about Richard A. Falk: Life and Work, Accusations of Antisemitism, Published Works
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