International human rights advocate and lawyer Dan Kovalik will discuss the current conflict in Ukraine in light of historical developments, in particular the collapse of the USSR, the 2014 coup and the conflict which began thereafter between the government of Kiev and the Donbas region of Ukraine. He will also report on his recent trip to the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Daniel Kovalik currently teaches international human rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1993. He then served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW) until 2019. The Christian Science Monitor, referring to his work defending Colombian unionists under threat of assassination, described Dan as “one of the most prominent defenders of Colombian workers in the United States.”
Dan Kovalik has written extensively on international human rights and US foreign policy for the Huffington Post and Counterpunch. He has lectured throughout the world on these subjects and frequently appears on RT. He is the author of books exposing the machinations of US imperialism in Venezuela, Iran, Russia, and an upcoming one on Nicaragua along with a book on US regime-change operations around the world. Other books include a progressive case against cancel culture and how the US violates international law.
In this video, Dan Kovalik addresses the UN Security Council on threats to international peace and security on December 9: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k128iiykjr.
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