Richard Falk | |
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 | |
In office March 26, 2008 – May 8, 2014 | |
Preceded by | John Dugard |
Succeeded by | Makarim Wibisono |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Anderson Falk November 13, 1930 New York City, New York, US |
Spouse | Hilal Elver |
Education | University of Pennsylvania (BSc) Yale University (LLB) Harvard University (SJD) |
Profession | Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University |
Richard Anderson Falk (born November 13, 1930)[1] is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University,[2] and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chairman of the Board of Trustees.[3] In 2004, he was listed as the author or coauthor of 20 books and the editor or coeditor of another 20 volumes.[4] Falk has published extensively with multiple books written about international law and the United Nations.
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.[5]