Richard Falk
Richard Falk is a Princeton University Political Science professor who currently serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). Falk has stoked controversy as a result of his comments regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, claiming the building may have been imploded from within.1
Fast Facts
- Alma Mater: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
- Doctor of Laws: Harvard University
- Professor: Princeton University, Department of Political Science
- Visiting Professor: University of California at Santa Barbara
- Criticized for comments regarding 9/111
Life and Work
Falk has written or edited over 30 books in his career as a professor, political scientist, and United Nations investigator. Until 2006, Falk wrote pieces for The Nation magazine. Falk served on the United Nations Human Rights Inquiry Commission into condition in the Palestinian territories in 2001. In his writings, Falk has questioned the legitimacy and legality of both the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.
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