CONVERSATIONS WITH GREAT MINDS

US support for a coup in Venezuela and its international violations

Prof. Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois Law School with a long career as an anti-war activist and upholder of human rights. He has served as a counsel to Bosnia and Herzegovina and was a legal advisor to the Palestinian delegation during the Middle East Peace negotiations from 1991 to 1993.  Prof. Boyle has served on the board of directors of Amnesty International, and the Council for Responsible Genetics.  He drafted the legislation for what became the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act in 1989 which was signed into law by the first Bush administration, served on the Board of Amnesty International and represented Bosnia-Herzegovina at the World Court.  He has been a strong opponent of the current Afghan and Iraq wars, and was an advocate for bringing international arrest warrants against George W Bush-Cheney and Obama administrations.    Prof.Boyle has published numerous papers in law reviews and many books.  His most book is "Poems Against Empire" -- which captures his half-century of reflections during his career on the forefront of fighting for peace, justice, human rights and international law.