Former UN Special Rapporteur on US Withdrawal From the Human Rights Council
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 19, 2018.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
BY: Daniel Falcone
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In this interview, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University Richard Falk discusses the US’s withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and explains the overall impacts of the Trump foreign policy to date, something Noam Chomsky has referred to as the “Me First Doctrine.” Falk explains how the US “completely ignores the normative primacy in the 21st century of the right of self-determination,” in light of the withdrawal.
Falk asserts that “this combination of warmongering militarism and exc...