It would not be desirable to include 'terrorism' among international crimes subject to International Criminal Court jurisdiction if defined to apply only… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The British leadership has acknowledged that it only became possible to end the violence in North Ireland when it stopped thinking of… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
There is no effort to acknowledge some equivalent accountability by associating "terrorism" with all violence that is deliberately aimed at civilians, either… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
It may be that there is so much ambiguity and ideology attached to the term 'terrorism' that it is best to avoid… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
It was a step forward to charge Pinochet with terrorism, and to acknowledge that the essence of the crime is the use… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal markets. Perhaps… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in accordance with… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation as a sovereign state on a global level. It also protected the interests of foreign investment in countries of the global South even when these were exploitative, and deprived countries of the benefits of resources situated within their… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share
Nothing is more important than restoring a high degree of autonomy to educational experiences so that those who grow up in this society and… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
In the Goldstone Report, Israeli perpetrators of possible crimes against humanity were made subject to prosecution and punishment, although the geopolitical leverage of the United States within the UN prevents implementation. At the same time, several African leaders are being prosecuted for their crimes against humanity and participation in genocide: a double standard of sorts, given the impunity accorded to… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share
The UDHR has become an iconic document over the course of more than six decades, the starting point for discussions of whether or not… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The atmosphere of fear and security manipulated by the government has converted American citizens into terrorist suspects who are all subject to arbitrary and… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
What both the state and the capitalist economy oppose is an understanding of what might be called "the true nature of things" (using the… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The weaknesses and biases of the international mechanisms of accountability make it seem desirable to extend the domain of accountability by empowering domestic courts… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
As matters now stand, the veto seems inappropriate, given the absence of any deep ideological split between major states, and definitely constrains the war-prevention… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
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