Richard A. Falk

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Richard Falk (2014)

Richard Anderson Falk (born November 13, 1930 in New York City ) is an American law professor of international law at Princeton University . He is the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of other volumes. In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed Falk as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for six years on "the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories which have been occupied since 1967".

Life and education

Falk was born into an integrated Jewish New York family that almost rejected the ethnic side of Judaism . Defining himself as "an American Jew", he said that an outsider status with a sense of non-belonging may have influenced his later role as a critic of American foreign policy . For Falk, being Jewish means "to deal with overcoming injustices and the thirst for justice in the world, and that means being respectful of other peoples, regardless of their nationality or religion , and empathetic towards human suffering, no matter who and wherever victimization takes place. "

Falk was awarded in 1952 a Bachelor of Science in economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Laws at the Yale University . He received his doctorate in law from Harvard University in 1962 . His early thinking was shaped by readings by Karl Marx , Herbert Marcuse, and C. Wright Mills , and he developed an overarching concern with projects to eradicate war and aggression as social institutions. Falk was Professor of Law at Princeton University until 2001 and Visiting Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California , Santa Barbara from 2001 to 2004 .

Career

Falk began teaching at Ohio State University and Harvard , where he expressed his communist beliefs in the late 1950s . He went to Princeton University in 1961 , which became his academic home for over thirty years. Falk was 1965 Albert G. Milbank Professor-appointed international law and practice for a position, as he still Emeritus - Professor maintains. In 1985 he received the Guggenheim Scholarship . Falk retired from teaching in 2001. Since 2002 he has been a research professor at the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara . He is currently leading the project "Global Climate Change, Human Security, and Democracy".

Falk criticized the Westphalian system of nation states that, in his opinion, a more international institution must be overcome in order to control the recourse to violence by nations, while the world is moving towards a global ethos in which states renounce their border-obsessed territorialism and in the In return, establish a regime of mutually negotiated goals in which national leaders must be accountable.

With regard to specific geopolitical situations, he has published a number of books and essays in which he analyzes the ideological aspects of the American human rights debate, the legality of the Vietnam War and other military operations . Regarding the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he wrote that “it is inevitable that an objective observer will conclude that this war in Iraq is a war of aggression and that it is a crime against peace, as is the surviving German leaders at the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals shortly after the Second World War were prosecuted, charged and punished. "

Between 1999 and 2000, Falk was a member of the Independent International Commission for Kosovo. In 2004 he wrote a foreword to David Ray Griffin's book The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 , which deals with conspiracy theories as of September 11, 2001 . Since then he has dealt with the topic regularly, wrote a chapter in Griffin's book 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out in 2006 and published various articles on conspiracy theory.

From 2008 to 2014, Falk was the UN Human Rights Council's special envoy for the Palestinian Territories. In 2011 Falk spoke out against military support for the Libyan opposition; he did not find the "degree of oppression" in Libya "more pervasive and severe" than in other authoritarian countries. Al Jazeera English regularly publishes articles by Falk on its homepage.

activism

Falk's engagement in politics began at Ohio State University , where he witnessed racism targeting black students as a member of the law school in the 1960s . His move to Princeton University, where law was combined with politics, international relations and other social sciences , enabled Falk to combine his expertise in international law with his ethical and political values. Falk wanted to combine his academic work with political activism in what he described as a “citizen pilgrim”.

The essential job of a civic pilgrim is figuring out how to make desirable but unlikely social movements a success. The movements against slavery , colonialism , racial discrimination and patriarchy are just a few examples. Falk's primary concern is to promote an abolishing movement against war and aggression as social institutions, which implies the gradual construction of a new world order that secures the basic human needs of all people, protects the environment, protects the basic human rights of all individuals and groups, without to harm the precarious resources of cultural diversity and which works towards the non-violent resolution of inter-societal conflicts.

media

Falk has written for a variety of publications including The Nation (United States) , The Huffington Post , CounterPunch, and the Palestine Chronicle . Falk serves on the editorial board of The Nation and The Progressive . Falk spoke on university campuses and for organizations.

Human rights groups

Richard Falk belongs to various human rights groups, some of which are listed below.

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Peace in the Nuclear Age.
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian-Peace-USA (FFIPP-USA). A group that describes itself as "for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and a just peace"; Calling for "international sanctions" against Israel, she says: "Academics should think carefully before developing research links and exchanges with Israelis by examining whether they are part of the military machine or whether they are helping to maintain the occupation."
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

Former activities

Falk is a former advisory board member of the World Federalist Institute and the American Movement for World Government and a former fellow of the Transnational Institute . Between 1999 and 2000, Falk worked on the Independent International Commission on Kosovo , an initiative of the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson . Falk served on the board of directors of Human Rights Watch , Santa Barbara, California for several years until he was asked to resign.

Nominations to the United Nations

United Nations Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories

In 2001 Richard Falk was a member of a UNHCHR (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) commission of inquiry into the Palestinian Territories along with John Dugard , a South African based at Leiden University , Netherlands , and Kamal Hussein, former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh . Falk said the two main issues were: “You are checking whether the conditions of the occupation are such that the Palestinians are given a certain right to resist. And if they have that right, what are the limits of that right? ”And“ The other issue that this current investigation is about is how Israel, as the occupying power, fulfills its responsibility to protect society, its own Controlled. ”Following the investigation, the Commission published a report entitled“ Issue of Human Rights Abuses in the Occupied Arab Territories, including Palestine ”.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights

On March 26, 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council ( UNHRC ) appointed Falk Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on "the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967" for a six-year term. Falk replaced the South African professor John Dugard , who left his post in June 2008 after seven years. Falk's appointment ended in May 2014.

Answer to appointment

The appointment of Falk was a consensus of the 47 members of the UN Human Rights Council achieved. Despite attempts by Jewish groups to convince the European Union (EU) and Canada to speak out publicly against the appointment, the EU remained silent, while Canada did not speak out against the consensus , but said they would distance themselves from the election.

According to a UN press release, the then Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Itzhak Levanon , heavily criticized Falk's appointment. The reason was because Falk is said to have written in an article that “it is not an irresponsible exaggeration to link the treatment of Palestinians with the criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocities”. Levanon argued that "anyone who has publicly and repeatedly expressed such views is impossible to be considered independent, impartial or objective". According to The Forward , Falk actually said, “Is it an irresponsible exaggeration to associate the treatment of the Palestinians with these criminalized Nazi acts of collective cruelty? I don't think so. "Levanon went on to say," He took part in a UN fact-finding mission which found that suicide bombings were a valid method of combat. He has accused Israel of 'genocidal tendencies' and accused it of trying to achieve security through state terrorism . ”The Israeli government announced that it will refuse Falk a visa for Israel , the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , at least until the meeting of the Human Rights Council at September 2008.

The UN press release reported that Palestinian Representative Mohammad Abu-Koash said it was “ironic that Israel, which claimed to represent Jews everywhere, is fighting a Jewish professor who has become Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the United States Occupied Palestinian Territories had been appointed ”. The Palestinian Declaration named Falk the "author of 54 books on international law" and concluded that his appointment was "a victory for common sense and human rights as he was a highly qualified rapporteur."

John R. Bolton , former US Ambassador to the United Nations, criticized Falk's appointment to the UN Human Rights Council by saying, “This is exactly why we voted against the new Human Rights Council,” and “It was chosen for a reason, and the reason is not to have an objective assessment - the goal is to find more ammunition to stalk Israel. "

UN investigations and reports

2008

In May 2008 Israel refused to allow Falk to enter the country to gather information for a report. The National Lawyers Guild urged Israel to allow Falk entry, stating, "Falk made no claims other than those of John Dugard, the man he was supposed to replace, in several reports of the condition of the Occupied Territories." Human Rights Watch issued a statement calling on Israel to reverse its eviction of Falk from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In an interview in July 2008, Falk stated that the restrictions would “limit my exposure to direct realities. But I think it's entirely possible to play that role without that exposure. Blocking my entry makes my task more difficult, but does not make it unsolvable. "

In June 2008 , Falk proposed to the Human Rights Council to expand its mandate to investigate violations of international humanitarian law in the Palestinian territories to include possible Palestinian violations. He said his aim was to isolate the council, dominated by Islamic and African states, usually backed by China , Cuba and Russia , “from those who claim that their work is being adversely affected by partisan policies ".

On December 9, 2008, the United Nations issued a statement by Falk, in his official capacity as "Special Rapporteur", in which he stated that the Secretary-General of the United Nations , Ban Ki-moon , the President of the General Assembly , Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann , and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay , along with other top officials, have expressed concern about the "dire straits" of civilians in Gaza . Falk said, "Yet Israel is furiously maintaining its siege of Gaza, letting in just enough food and fuel to stave off mass hunger and disease." He outlined steps that should have been taken to avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe." to avoid. This included implementing the "responsibility to protect a civilian population from collective punishment" and stating "whether the Israeli civilians and military commanders responsible for the siege of Gaza should be charged and prosecuted for violations of international criminal law," the paper said The Jerusalem Post stated that this would be brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague .

On December 14, 2008, Falk and employees of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights made an official visit to Ben Gurion Airport and planned a trip to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to report on Israel's compliance with human rights standards and international humanitarian law create. In an interview, Falk stated that the Israeli government is distorting his true views and that he sees the evictions as "an insidious pattern of trying to draw attention from their objections to the person." Pillay described Israel's detention and eviction of Falk as "unprecedented and deeply deplorable". As of March 2011, Falk was still refused entry to Israel and was effectively banned from Israel.

On December 27, 2008, Falk issued a statement in which he condemned the Israeli strikes of December 2008 in Gaza, Operation Cast Lead , as a “war crime”. He claimed they included collective punishment aimed at civilians and a disproportionate military response to Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel, which also targeted civilians. He stated that Israel had ignored Hamas's diplomatic initiatives to restore the ceasefire , which expired on December 26, and condemned nations that provided military support to Israel and participated in the siege of Gaza. In an article for the Houston Chronicle , Falk reiterated that he had "called on the International Criminal Court" to investigate Israeli leaders responsible for possible violations of international criminal law.

2009

In March 2009, Falk declared that the Israeli offensive in Gaza was a war crime of "grave consequences". He called for an independent group to be set up to investigate war crimes on both sides. The UK government responded to Falk's report by stating that "the report by the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur is unbalanced and contributes little". In October 2009, Falk approved the United Nations fact - finding mission on the Gaza conflict (also known as the Goldstone Report ) as "a historic contribution to the Palestinian struggle for justice, an impeccable documentation of a crucial chapter in its victimization under occupation."

2010

In a report by the UN Special Rapporteur dated August 10, 2010, Falk detailed the allegation that Israel was pursuing an apartheid policy in the Palestinian territories:

“Some of the outstanding apartheid characteristics of the Israeli occupation include: preferential citizenship, visitation and residency laws, and practices that prevent Palestinians living in the West Bank or Gaza Strip from taking back their property or acquiring Israeli citizenship as opposed to being Jewish Right of return, which allows Jews anywhere in the world without prior ties to Israel, entitles them to visit, reside and become Israeli citizens . Different laws in the West Bank and East Jerusalem favor Jewish settlers who are subject to Israeli civil law and the protection of the Constitution, as opposed to Palestinian residents who are ruled by the military administration. Duplicate and discriminatory arrangements for free movement in the West Bank and to and from Jerusalem. Discriminatory policies regarding land ownership , tenure and use of land; extensive burdens on the Palestinian movement, including checkpoints that impose different restrictions on Palestinians and Israeli settlers, and onerous permit and identification requirements that apply only to Palestinians. Punitive house demolitions, evictions and restrictions on entry and exit from all three parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. "

2011

In 2011, Falk addressed the UN Human Rights Council and stated that Israeli policy in Jerusalem meant "ethnic cleansing" of the Palestinian population. He called on the Council to ask the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel for " colonialism , apartheid and ethnic cleansing incompatible with international humanitarian law" committed during its occupation of the Palestinian territories.

2012

Falk's report to the UN Human Rights Council focused on Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners and recommended that the International Court of Justice in The Hague seek an opinion on Israel’s treatment of prisoners, including Israel’s "extended occupation" of Palestinian territories could. His report also called on the Human Rights Council to censor Israel for its administrative incarceration, to take note of Israeli legislative attempts to legalize settlements in the West Bank "by necessity" and to draw attention to Israel's refusal to cooperate with it. He said Israeli military retaliation for rocket fire from Gaza was not warranted. The US ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council said the US "remains deeply concerned about the unilateral and disproportionate focus of this council on Israel."

In Falk's report to the UN General Assembly , he recommended that “the companies highlighted in the report - as well as the many other companies that benefit from the Israeli settlement enterprise - should be boycotted until they comply with international human rights and humanitarian law and their operations Bringing standards into line ". In particular, he named the United States Caterpillar , HP Inc. (Hewlett-Packard) and Motorola , the Israeli companies Ahava, Elbit Systems and Mehadrin-Linien , the Swedish Volvo Group and Assa Abloy , the French Veolia Environnement , the British G4S , the Belgian Dexia Group, the Dutch Riwal Holding Group and the Mexican Cemex . Speaking at a press conference, Falk said, "The focus on business activity is in part an expression of frustration at Israel's inability to meet these fundamental legal obligations and the ineffectiveness of the UN's efforts to condemn settlement expansion." He also said that the whole question of Palestinian self-determination was in danger here.

The report was criticized by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations , Susan Rice , who called it "irresponsible and unacceptable," and by the Canadian State Department , who called it "biased and shameful," and called on Falk to stop his "offensive." “Withdraw report or resign from his UN post. The Israeli Mission to the UN stated that "while he [Falk] spends pages and pages attacking Israel, Falk neglects to mention the horrific human rights abuses and ongoing terrorist attacks by Hamas ." Caterpillar Inc. named the report as inaccurate and misleading, reflecting his "personal and negative opinions about Israel". Hewlett Packard said Falk was "a far cry from an independent and unbiased expert on the matter." Several countries, including Egypt and Iran , called the report fair and balanced.

In December 2012, Falk visited the region and the Gaza Strip with the original aim of assessing the overall impact of Israel's ongoing occupation and blockade against Gaza. But seven days after Israel's military action operation pillar of defense against Hamas in November, claimed Falk: "There arose an urgent need to investigate Israel's seemingly deliberate attacks on civilian targets." After a visit to the Palestinian survivors of military attacks told Falk that "some attacks civilians have killed and harmed in a totally disproportionate manner and thus appear to violate international law ”. He called on Israel today to "respect and fully implement the ceasefire agreement," and urged the international agreement to ensure that it does so.

2013

Richard Falk's annual report, presented to the UN Human Rights Council on June 9, 2013, called for an international investigation into the Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners. Criticizing the use of arbitrary detentions, torture and coercive confessions, the report stated: "" The treatment of thousands of Palestinians arrested or imprisoned by Israel remains extremely worrying. "Falk said that Israel is currently detaining 5,000 Palestinians holds and has imprisoned 750,000 since the occupation began. Falk also criticized and called for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza, saying it was the "collective punishment of 1.75 million Palestinians." He argued that the viability of the Gaza Strip What is at stake is: "With 70 percent of the population dependent on international aid and 90 percent of the water being unsuitable for human consumption, drastic and urgent changes are required if the Palestinians in Gaza want to protect their most basic rights."

Falk also called on the Red Cross or a commission of international law experts to create a convention that deals with the specific issues related to situations of prolonged occupation. He said that “46 years ago today, the Israeli occupation of Palestine began. Six days of war have turned into 46 years of occupation ", so the conclusion." 46 years in which the Palestinians were deprived of their most elementary rights did not achieve peace, the ongoing annexation of Palestinian resources and the Palestinian territory by Israel. "Additionally Falk wrote that the commission investigating UN Watch , which he accused of "conducting a smear campaign" by issuing "a series of defamatory attacks that demeaned his character and repeatedly distorted his views on potentially inflammatory issues," wrote Falk .

Many countries speaking at the meeting thanked Falk for his work and challenged Israel to refuse to cooperate with its human rights mission in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinian delegation praised the report and called for its swift implementation. The European Union agreed that Israel's settlements and separation wall “are contrary to international law and represent an obstacle to peace”, but also criticized parts of the report. The European representative said: “The EU continues to regret the unbalanced mandate of the Special Rapporteur and is also concerned that parts of the report contain political considerations. In the past, the EU has stressed that future reports should be based on factual and legal analysis, and we regret that no real progress has been made in this direction. The Council needs accurate, factual information and solid allegations to play its role and address the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. "The United States Ambassador to the UNHRC , Eileen Donahoe , called for Falk's resignation, saying:" Falk's attack on UN Watch threatens the independent voice of civil society at the United Nations. The work of non-governmental organizations is of particular importance in the area of ​​human rights. The recent statement by Mr Falk, which he dramatically and carelessly included in an official UN document, is characteristic of previous reprehensible remarks and actions which he made during his tenure as Special Rapporteur. His views and behavior, both official and unofficial, are offensive and provocative and do not help advance peace in the Middle East or promote the protection and promotion of human rights. We demand his resignation again. "

Notable opinions

Nuremberg defense of violent demonstrators

In October 1973, Falk defended Karleton Armstrong, who pleaded guilty to bombing the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Army Mathematics Research Center , killing a researcher working there and injuring four other people. The New York Times reported that Falk "has called for a full amnesty for all opposition, including those who use violent tactics to oppose the war in Vietnam." The Times further reported that Falk, " cited the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals as a precedent for defense claims that American private citizens had a right and perhaps a duty to actively fight the war by all means." According to Ronald Christenson, Professor of Political Science at Gustavus Adolphus College, Falk "relied on the Nuremberg precedent to argue that there is a right of individuals to stop crime even if they create a lesser crime".

Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979

At the beginning of 1979, when Falk was professor of international law at Princeton University , he visited the Iranian revolutionary leader Ruhollah Khomeini in his house in exile in France. In a February 1979 New York Times report after Khomeini returned to Iran , Falk wrote: "Portraying him as fanatical, reactionary and bearer of crude prejudice certainly and fortunately seems to be wrong." Falk wrote that Khomeinis Entourage consistently composed of moderate, progressive individuals, and that "after Iran has created a new model of popular revolution based largely on nonviolent tactics, it may still be able to provide a much-needed model of humane governance in a third world country." By the end of 1979 Khomeini had become the Supreme Religious Leader of Iran and began to remove moderate forces from his circles. He had political opponents arrested and even killed, and supported students who had taken over the US embassy in Tehran and held American hostages for 444 days. Falk has been criticized because he is said to have misjudged and supported Khomeini. Falk later changed his mind about Khomeini's regime and called it "the most terrorist since Hitler".

9/11 and the Bush administration

In 2004, Falk wrote the foreword to David Ray Griffin's book The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 , in which claimed that the George W. Bush -Administration to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 involved has been. In that preface he argued: “Questions have been asked here and there, and allegations of official complicity have been made almost since the day of the attacks, especially in Europe. But nobody did anything until Griffin had the patience, strength, courage, and intelligence to put the pieces together into a single cohesive report. ”Falk also wrote a chapter for Griffin's 2006 book, 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak out.

In November 2008, Falk wrote in The Journal , a student publication in Edinburgh , Scotland : “It is not paranoid to assume under such circumstances that the established elites of the American government structure have something to hide and much to explain. ... The ongoing inability to resolve this fundamental 9/11 controversy subtly undermines the legitimacy of the American government. It can only be eradicated by a willingness, whatever time of the day, to reconstruct the truth of that day and reveal the story behind its ongoing oppression. "

In 2004, Falk signed a statement from the 9/11 Truth Movement calling for a new investigation into the 9/11 attacks. Falk confirmed his support for the statement in 2009. In 2008, Falk called for an official commission to further investigate these issues, including the role the neoconservatives may have played in the attacks, saying, "It is likely true that before The neoconservatives in particular thought that there was a situation in the country and in the world where something had to be done to wake up the American people. Whether you are innocent of the claim that you made something happen or not, I don't think we can definitely answer that at this point. "

In January 2011, struck Susan Rice , the ambassador of the United States at the United Nations , before, Falk from his UN post to remove after he wrote in his blog about the "eerie silence of the mainstream media and was not willing to take the well-known Acknowledging doubts about the official version of the events: an al-Qaeda operation without prior knowledge of government officials. ”The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon , also condemned Falk's blog post as“ inflammatory rhetoric ”, the absurd and“ a Insult to the memory of the more than 3,000 people who perished in this tragic terrorist attack ”. Ban stated that only the UN Human Rights Council could remove its appointees from office.

Israel-Palestine conflict

In an opinion piece published in The Nation (United States) in 2002 , Falk was very critical of Operation Schutzschild and described it as "state sponsored terrorism". He wrote that the view of an "overwhelming majority" of the UN Security Council and an investigation by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which he was involved, suggests that suicide bombings did not take place until after the Palestinians "ran out of military resources," and that suicide bombings the only way was to inflict enough damage on Israel that "the struggle could continue". The UN investigation has shown that Israel was responsible for the escalation of violence and that their military response against the Palestinians was in violation of international law. Falk called the Passover - massacre as "appalling" and said that the response of Israel was "just horrible."

In 2002, Falk wrote on the Princeton Divestment website, “To part with companies that are currently profiting from doing business with Israel means showing solidarity with victims of massive crimes against humanity and calling on Israel, the authority of the United Nations and the to respect elementary rules of international law by withdrawing from the occupied Palestinian territory. "

In a June 2007 article titled Slouching towards a Palestinian Holocaust, Falk compared some Israeli policies regarding the Palestinians to the Nazi record of collective punishment and warned that Israel might be planning a Holocaust like Nazi Germany did. Falk, who described himself as a Jewish American , stated that his use of the term “Holocaust” was a “rather desperate appeal to world governments and the international public to take urgent action to prevent these current [Israeli] genocidal culminate tendencies in a collective tragedy [for the Palestinians]. "also, Falk said that" is not regarded the comparison as literally, but ... that a pattern of criminality associated with Israeli policies in Gaza (city) is connected, was supported by the leading democracies of the 21st century. ”Falk argued that Western and Arab states would be associated in a“ pattern of crime, ”similar to states that Hitler had suppressed German Jews in the 1930s. He also denied that Hamas was a terrorist organization and that it was always ready to work with other Palestinian groups to achieve "acceptance of the existence of Israel". He described Israel's withdrawal from Gaza as a "deception" in which 300 Gazans have been killed since Israel's "alleged physical withdrawal". Falk stated that Israel's blockade of Gaza "brought Gaza to the brink of collective hunger" and "subjected a people to a" subhuman existence "through" collective punishment "and that Israeli policies were" genocidal in fact ". At the end of December 2009, Falk again criticized the Israeli blockade and called on Israel to be threatened with economic sanctions if the blockade is not lifted.

In April 2008, Falk compared Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip with those of the Nazis and responded to criticism of his statements: “If there had been such a situation as, for example, how China deals with Tibet or how the Sudanese government deals with Darfur , it would be mine In my opinion, show no reluctance to make this comparison. ”He attributed the reluctance to criticize Israeli politics to the sensitive history of the Jewish people, as well as to the ability of the state“ to avoid (its) policies being subject to international law and be subjected to morality ”.

In December 2012, when he was explicitly asked about the “neutrality” of groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch , Falk said in an interview: “There is no doubt that the privately funded base of these leading human rights NGOs is becoming somewhat biased leading their agenda. ”He noted, however, that in response to criticism, there was more self-criticism of American patterns of abuse and a greater willingness to report critically on Israel from such NGOs.

Intervention in 2011 in Libya

During the Libyan civil war in 2011, Falk published a statement in Al Jazeera against the proposals for military intervention . Falk wrote that military intervention is illegal under international law and that "the Gaddafi government, as tasteless as it may be for humanitarian reasons, remains the legitimate diplomatic representative of a sovereign state". Falk also wrote that any intervention would be pro-insurgency rather than counter-insurgency, criticizing politicians who supported the intervention, arguing that “it appears that many of the Republicans are focused on the deficit, even though the public spending cuts are the Poor at a time of widespread unemployment and foreclosures in their own country, it would not bother raising innumerable billions to finance acts of war in Libya ”.

In a published Falk blog entry in Today's Zaman , Falk argued that, unlike protests in other countries, the Libyan opposition relied on military force “almost from the start” and that a violent political reaction from within to Gaddafi's regime was an “expression Libyan self-determination “is fully justified. He also wrote that the intervention was not intended to protect the civilian population from attack, but to secure a victory for the rebels and the defeat of Gaddafi.

Boston Marathon Bombing

In a post in his personal blog "A Commentary on the Marathon Murders", which was printed in Al-Jazeera, Falk wrote about the attack on the Boston Marathon , which he described as "horror". He also wrote that "the American project of global domination in the post-colonial world will inevitably provoke all sorts of opposition" and that "the United States has been fortunate not to have suffered worse blowbacks ". He compared the critical response to the bombings of callers on a public broadcasting service program with that of US politicians and the mainstream media, where he said that self-regulation remains “taboo” and that American politicians “do not have the courage to connect some of these points ”. He also criticized the American policy towards the Iranian nuclear program and friendship with Israel and wrote further attacks are likely "if there is no willingness to reconsider US relations with others in the world, starting with the Middle East."

Falk went on to criticize US foreign policy, describing the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan since 2001 as "unlawful wars" that had "devastated two countries, seemingly beyond recovery, while adding nothing to American security." He said that while the failure and cost of these wars meant that this type of intervention was no longer at the heart of American politics, “The war drums are beating right now with both North Korea and Iran, and for as long as Tel Aviv does has the pleasing ear of the American political establishment, those who want peace and justice in the world should not just rest. "

Canadian Foreign Minister John Russell Baird sharply criticized Falk, saying: “Once again, UN official Richard Falk has spat more malicious, anti-Semitic rhetoric, this time blaming President Obama and the State of Israel for the attacks in Boston. The United Nations should be ashamed of being associated with such a person in the first place. ”The United Kingdom stated in a statement from its UN mission that this“ was the third time that we had raised our concerns about the anti-Semitic To express statements by Mr. Falk. It is important for the UK that the Special Rapporteurs adhere to the highest standards in their work, and we have already made it clear twice that what Mr Falk has said is unacceptable. ”UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dismissed Falks Statements returned saying they undermine the credibility and work of the UN. Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, wrote that she was "outraged by Richard Falk's highly insulting Boston comments," that "anyone who spits such poison has no place at the UN" and that " it was time for him to go ”.

Falk's statements have also been criticized by numerous publications and interest groups, including the New York Daily News , the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), The Jerusalem Post , Sohrab Ahmari of The Wall Street Journal , UN Watch , the Anti-Defamation League, and the American Jewish Committee . Scott McConnell responded to the criticism in The American Conservative magazine: “What is astonishing for its malevolence and dishonesty is the campaign against the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestine Richard Falk, who received some fairly simple“ blowback ”points after the terrorist attack in Boston "He went on to describe how, in his view," a well-funded neocon group, called UN Watch and its various media allies, was spurring an intense public relations campaign based on falsifying the meaning of his play, ellipses used to be to distort his sentences and then claim that Falk had said that the Boston victims somehow deserved their fate. "

Lawrence Davidson, historian at West Chester University, argued in defense of Falk's testimony that, “From outside the self-righteous perspective of the United States government, everything Richard Falk says is accurate. But from within the official government worldview, Falk is a heretic and his message a dangerous verbal poison. Therefore, the reaction of those who have subscribed to the usual politics and alliances has been shrill. "

Allegations of anti-Semitism

On June 29, 2011 Richard Falk published on his blog an entry about the indictment of the International Criminal Court against Muammar Gaddafi for crimes against humanity, a cartoon picture of a dog with Jewish headgear contained and a sweater with the letters "USA" . The dog urinated on Lady Justice while devouring bloody human bones. UN Watch , a Geneva-based non - governmental organization , contacted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Navi Pillay , regarding the cartoon. Falk confirmed on July 6 that the cartoon was anti-Semitic, apologized for publishing it, and stated that he thought the small markings on the dog's head represented a military helmet, not a yarmulka . He added: "We also need to make peace with nature and treat animals as respectfully as possible."

Despite Falk's explanation of his mistake, Abraham H. Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League called on Falk to step down as UN rapporteur for the Palestinian territories. Foxman said that this cartoon was manifestly anti-Semitic and conveyed the message that Jews and Americans care little about the just and moral and that “the message of hatred in this cartoon is nonetheless directly contrary to the principles of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations itself. “The US envoy to the UN , Joseph M. Torsella, said the publication of the cartoon was“ shameful and outrageous ”and“ an embarrassment for the United Nations ”and called on Falk to resign. US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , chair of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives , also called on Falk to resign. UK Prime Minister David Cameron instructed the UK Permanent Representative to express his concern about the cartoon and said that he "will continue to follow closely all further actions and remarks made by Mr Falk."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights , Navanethem Pillay , confirmed that the cartoon was anti-Semitic and offensive. She did not call for Falk's resignation because he publicly apologized, stated that he misinterpreted the cartoon and because he had quickly removed the image from his website.

In July 2012, Falk wrote on his blog about the reasons he was drawn to the “Palestinian struggle”: “I coined good evidence that the US government and the organized Jewish community supported the massive and permanent seizure of Palestinian land and Palestinian rights. ”UN Watch accused Falk of“ promoting racist language ”and anti-Semitism in trying to hold Jewish communities everywhere responsible for alleged crimes against Palestinians. Falk later replied, writing, "I have opposed policies many times, including those of the US and Israel, but linking such attitudes to racism is part of a broad and often repeated denunciation of my views and activities."

In December 2012, UN Watch published an open letter to Human Rights Watch that Falk is critical of. Falk has been asked to resign from the Santa Monica Group's board of directors and his name has been removed from the website as his work for the United Nations would violate HRW policy. Following a UN Watch press release criticizing Falk, 40 representatives from major international human rights organizations around the world signed a letter to Human Rights Watch asking the group to "clarify that he has not been identified as an enemy of human rights" as UN Watch claimed. Phyllis Bennis , a signatory to the letter, wrote that Human Rights Watch replied on January 1, 2013, stating that the UN Watch letter was filled with "inaccuracies and falsehoods," and reiterated Human Rights Watch's statement that it was theirs long-term policy.

As noted above on Falk's comment on the Boston Marathon bombing, the UK Mission to the United Nations stated that “[this is] the third time we have had occasion to express concern about Mr Falk's anti-Semitic remarks bring to. It is important for the UK that the Special Rapporteurs adhere to the highest standards in their work and we have already made it clear twice that what Mr Falk has said is unacceptable. "

criticism

In 2007 he compared the Israeli policy towards the Palestinians with the National Socialist policy and the Holocaust . Since then he has been considered a persona non grata in Israel and does not receive an entry visa.

In 2011, the Anti-Defamation League criticized an anti- Semitic cartoon published on Falk's blog and called for his resignation as UN special envoy. The incident became internationally known and Falk was sharply criticized by high-ranking politicians such as David Cameron and Susan E. Rice . In December 2012, Falk was expelled from a local branch of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch because of this and other incidents . The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) ranked Falk's statements in 2013 in third place in its “Top Ten Anti-Semitic / Anti-Israel Slurs”.

Private

Falk is married to Hilal Elver that an SJD ( Doctor of Law ) Faculty of Law, University of California , Los Angeles , and a doctorate of law school of the University of Ankara has. She is a research professor and co-director of the Global Climate Change , Human Security, and Democracy Project , based at the Orfalea Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara , and editor of the Middle East Research and Information Project .

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personal data
SURNAME Falk, Richard A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falk, Richard Anderson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, professor and UN commissioner for the Human Rights Council for the Palestinian Territories
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States