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Richard Falk

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Richard Falk is Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University and Research Fellow at Orfalea Center of Global Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. He was chair of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Board of Directors until 2012, served as honorary vice president of the American Society of International Law, and is a member of The Nation editorial board. From 2008 – 2014 he served as special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories for the United Nations.
Author of numerous books on global issues and international law, his most recent works are Palestine: The Legitimacy Of Hope and Chaos and Counterrevolution: After The Arab Spring.

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