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Francis A. Boyle
Professor Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. He served as counsel to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Provisional Government of the Palestinian Authority. He also represented two associations of citizens within Bosnia and was involved in developing the indictment against Slobodan Milosevic for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International, as a consultant to the American Friends Service Committee, and on the Advisory Board for the Council for Responsible Genetics. He drafted the US domestic implementing legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention, known as the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, that was approved unanimously by both Houses of the US Congress and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. His publications include Destroying Libya and World Order (2013), The Palestinian Right of Return Under International Law (2011) and Breaking All The Rules: Palestine, Iraq, Iran, and the Case for Impeachment (2008).
Contact: University of Illinois College of Law, 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.