| 词条 | Daniel Kovalik |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Daniel Kovalik | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1968 | birth_place = Louisville | baptised = | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Columbia Law School | occupation = | years_active = 1987 - present | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Christine Haas | partner = | children = | parents = Richard and Bonnie Kovalik | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }}Dan Kovalik is a human rights, labor rights lawyer and peace activist.[1][2] He has contributed to articles CounterPunch, Huffington Post and TeleSUR.[3][4] He currently teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.[3] EducationKovalik attended Columbia Law School and graduated from the school in 1993.[3] Career workKovalik has been involved in international human rights and social justice, mainly in Latin America.[1] He is also a critic of the United States foreign policy.[5] Kovalik has also published his first book, The Plot to Scapegoat Russia which was published as of June 6, 2017.[6] ColombiaThe Christian Science Monitor named Kovalik "one of the most prominent defenders of Colombian workers in the United States".[4] He worked on the Alien Tort Claims Act cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond Company and Occidental Petroleum over alleged human rights abuses in Colombia.[3] Kovalik also accuses the United States of intervention in Colombia saying it has threatened peaceful actors there so it may "make Colombian land secure for massive appropriation and exploitation".[7] He also accused the Colombian and United States governments of overseeing mass killings in Colombia between 2002 and 2009.[8] VenezuelaKovalik is a supporter of the Venezuelan government.[9] He has defended the Venezuelan government following both the 2014 Venezuelan protests[10] and the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 law enacted by the United States allowing the sanctioning of individuals who allegedly violated the human rights of Venezuelans.[11] In a radio interview with Matt Dwyer about Venezuela's 2013 elections, Kovalik called the Bolivarian Revolution "the most benevolent revolution in history".[9][18] On 26 February 2014, he attended the "Chávez Was Here" gathering created by the Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, D.C. to commemorate the legacy of Hugo Chávez and to show support for the Bolivarian Revolution. At the gathering, Kovalik spoke beside the Venezuelan ambassador Julio Escalona and economist Mark Weisbrot.[12][13][14] United StatesIn the United States, Kovalik works as the Associate General Counsel of the United Steelworkers union.[3] As a critic of the foreign policy of the United States,[5] Kovalik describes every President of the United States that followed World War II as a "War Criminal" and believes that United States citizens accept poor actions by its leaders, stating that "it is this acceptance, especially by the Liberal establishment, which continues to allow the worst crimes to continue today in the name of democracy, freedom and human rights".[15] He is also critical of the Responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine, believing that it is "a tool of U.S. intervention". Recognition
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Dan Kovalik|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=19 December 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Dan Kovalik|url=http://www.peoplesworld.org/dan-kovalik|website=People's World|accessdate=19 December 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Daniel Kovalik Adjunct Professor of Law |url=http://www.law2.pitt.edu/people/adjunct-faculty/daniel-kovalik |website=University of Pittsburgh |accessdate=19 December 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220010151/http://www.law2.pitt.edu/people/adjunct-faculty/daniel-kovalik |archivedate=December 20, 2014 }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Daniel Kovalik|url=http://www.telesurtv.net/staff/dkovalik|website=teleSUR|accessdate=19 December 2014}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=Seven Truths Inconvenient to U.S. Foreign Policy|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/20/seven-truths-inconvenient-to-u-s-foreign-policy/|website=CounterPunch|accessdate=19 December 2014|ref=January 2012}} 6. ^http://skyhorsepublishing.com/titles/12932-9781510730328-plot-to-scapegoat-russia 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=Colombia: The Empire Strikes Back|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/colombia-the-empire-strik_b_1500062.html|accessdate=19 December 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=8 May 2012}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=U.S. and Colombia Cover Up Atrocities Through Mass Graves|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/us-colombia-cover-up-atro_b_521402.html|accessdate=19 December 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=1 June 2012}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|title=49 – Dan Kovalik Social Critic/Human Rights Lawyer|url=http://www.feralaudio.com/49-dan-kovalik-social-critichuman-rights-lawyer/|website=Feral Audio|accessdate=19 December 2014|quote= My take on it is that it is a revolutionary government and that it is the most benevolent revolution in history, and I’m not exaggerating.}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=In Defense of Venezuela|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/in-defense-of-venezuela_b_4824494.html|accessdate=19 December 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=20 February 2014}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=U.S. Is Trying To Sanction Progress in Venezuela/Latin America|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/us-is-trying-to-sanction-_b_6343400.html|accessdate=19 December 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=18 December 2014}} 12. ^1 {{cite web |title=The Legacy of Hugo Chávez One Year After His Death (Audio) |url=https://https |website=North American Congress on Latin America |accessdate=5 October 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/ |archivedate=19 August 2013 |df= }} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Peoples of Latin America continue progressing to reach our destiny: independence|url=http://venezuela-us.org/2014/02/20/peoples-of-latin-america-continue-progressing-to-reach-our-destiny-independence/|website=Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|accessdate=3 October 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708152022/http://venezuela-us.org/2014/02/20/peoples-of-latin-america-continue-progressing-to-reach-our-destiny-independence/|archivedate=8 July 2014|df=}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Por Aquí Paso Chávez |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/embavenezdc/sets/72157641621090415|website=Flickr|publisher=Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|accessdate=19 September 2014}} 15. ^{{cite web|last1=Kovalik|first1=Daniel|title=Jimmy Carter & the Myth of the Human Rights President|url=http://www.stateofnature.org/?p=5339|website=State of Nature|accessdate=24 September 2015}} 16. ^1 {{cite web|title=Talk by Daniel Kovalik: COKE, COLOMBIA, AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Updated)|url=http://caccuc.blogspot.com/2006/04/talk-by-daniel-kovalik-coke-colombia.html|website=Coalition Against Coke Contracts (CACC)|accessdate=19 December 2014}} External links
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