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David Gallup, Esq. specializes in promoting, implementing and educating about human rights, world citizenship and world law. Mr. Gallup is President and General Counsel of the World Service Authority®, Washington, DC, a global public service human rights organization founded in 1954. Prior to working at the WSA, Mr. Gallup was a Dean’s Fellow at the Washington College of Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, Washington, DC, where he researched asylum and international human rights issues, developed and maintained a human rights document library, coordinated a human rights education workshop and represented asylum applicants.
His professional memberships include the Maryland Bar, American Bar, and World Jurist Associations. He is a Board Member of Citizens for Global Solutions, working on Peace and Justice Outreach Programs. He is the creator of the World Citizen Club initiative, student-run clubs on university and high school campuses. He is the Convenor of the World Court of Human Rights Coalition. For fifteen years, he was the Secretary of the United Nations Association Task Forces on UN Restructuring and on Cultures of Peace. Mr. Gallup’s publications include a feature article in the periodical Current World Leaders: International Issues and Letters to the Editor in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times on the topics of nationalism and terrorism. He wrote several chapters in a United Nations Association Report entitled, “Restructuring the UN to Meet 21st Century Global Needs.” He writes Op-Eds on human rights and world citizenship that are syndicated by PeaceVoice. He is the legal columnist for World Citizen News. He writes the World Citizen Blog.
Mr. Gallup has spoken most recently on the topics of: “Most Important Questions of the 21st Century” at Trinity Washington University on September 30, 2024, “Business and Human Rights,” at the US Global Business Forum in Long Beach, California,“Human Rights and Citizenship,” at the Week of World Parliament in Queens, New York, “World Citizenship in Designing a Sustainable Future,” at Vanier College in Montreal, “Actions and Anecdotes about the World Citizenship Movement” at the online book club of Citizens for Global Solutions, “The Universal Rights Work of the World Service Authority” on the People Powered Planet podcast, “Creating an Ethical System for Governing the World” as the keynote speaker at the Youth of Ethical Societies annual meeting in Washington, DC, “The World Citizenship Movement” at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Canada, “The Social and Economic Impact of Being Undocumented” and “Who Owns the Oceans?” at the We Care for Humanity Summit in Anaheim, California, “Anniversaries of the UDHR and the World Citizenship Movement” at the William Penn House in Washington, DC, etc.
He has been interviewed on numerous occasions for books, newspapers, magazines, TV, podcasts, internet radio shows and FM radio news broadcasts, such as on BBC TV’s “Global” news show, BBC Radio 4 “The World Tonight,” PRI’s “The World,” Huffington Post Live, BBC’s “Postmark Africa,” The New York Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Works That Work (No. 6), German Public Radio, and has appeared twice as a talk radio show guest on WABC – covering topics such as human rights, creating a global justice system, terrorism, world citizenship, trans-border and migration issues. In 2015, he was interviewed by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for her book, Cosmopolites:The Coming of the Global Citizen. In 1997, he was interviewed by Sylvia Nasar for her biography, A Beautiful Mind.
He received a J.D. in 1991 from the Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC and an A.B. in French and an A.B. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in 1988. He has taken coursework toward an M.A. in International Affairs at the School of International Service, American University, and has spent a year at the Université de Caen in France.
His professional memberships include the Maryland Bar, American Bar, and World Jurist Associations. He is a Board Member of Citizens for Global Solutions, working on Peace and Justice Outreach Programs. He is the creator of the World Citizen Club initiative, student-run clubs on university and high school campuses. He is the Convenor of the World Court of Human Rights Coalition. For fifteen years, he was the Secretary of the United Nations Association Task Forces on UN Restructuring and on Cultures of Peace. Mr. Gallup’s publications include a feature article in the periodical Current World Leaders: International Issues and Letters to the Editor in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times on the topics of nationalism and terrorism. He wrote several chapters in a United Nations Association Report entitled, “Restructuring the UN to Meet 21st Century Global Needs.” He writes Op-Eds on human rights and world citizenship that are syndicated by PeaceVoice. He is the legal columnist for World Citizen News. He writes the World Citizen Blog.
Mr. Gallup has spoken most recently on the topics of: “Most Important Questions of the 21st Century” at Trinity Washington University on September 30, 2024, “Business and Human Rights,” at the US Global Business Forum in Long Beach, California,“Human Rights and Citizenship,” at the Week of World Parliament in Queens, New York, “World Citizenship in Designing a Sustainable Future,” at Vanier College in Montreal, “Actions and Anecdotes about the World Citizenship Movement” at the online book club of Citizens for Global Solutions, “The Universal Rights Work of the World Service Authority” on the People Powered Planet podcast, “Creating an Ethical System for Governing the World” as the keynote speaker at the Youth of Ethical Societies annual meeting in Washington, DC, “The World Citizenship Movement” at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Canada, “The Social and Economic Impact of Being Undocumented” and “Who Owns the Oceans?” at the We Care for Humanity Summit in Anaheim, California, “Anniversaries of the UDHR and the World Citizenship Movement” at the William Penn House in Washington, DC, etc.
He has been interviewed on numerous occasions for books, newspapers, magazines, TV, podcasts, internet radio shows and FM radio news broadcasts, such as on BBC TV’s “Global” news show, BBC Radio 4 “The World Tonight,” PRI’s “The World,” Huffington Post Live, BBC’s “Postmark Africa,” The New York Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Works That Work (No. 6), German Public Radio, and has appeared twice as a talk radio show guest on WABC – covering topics such as human rights, creating a global justice system, terrorism, world citizenship, trans-border and migration issues. In 2015, he was interviewed by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for her book, Cosmopolites:The Coming of the Global Citizen. In 1997, he was interviewed by Sylvia Nasar for her biography, A Beautiful Mind.
He received a J.D. in 1991 from the Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC and an A.B. in French and an A.B. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in 1988. He has taken coursework toward an M.A. in International Affairs at the School of International Service, American University, and has spent a year at the Université de Caen in France.