Perhaps the increasing isolation of the US, and of Israel, from those countries that wish to advance universal human rights will eventually be a positive. But the world would be better off if regional and global powers of such significance were working, even with missteps, to advance that doctrine. Trump’s and Haley’s disdain for human rights and international law only moves the world farther away from achieving a universal and enforceable system of rights.Continue Reading

Advertisements Richard Falk posted the following declaration of professors and international lawyers and other human rights experts. As a more or less legal statement, it’s a bit wordy, but I strongly recommend you read it. (Falk’s Prefatory Note: Posted here is a Joint Declaration of international law experts from aroundContinue Reading