Boyle, Francis A.

is a leading American expert in international law. He drafted the implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International, represented Bosnia-Herzegovina at the World Court, served as legal adviser to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace negotiations. In 2007, he delivered the Bertrand Russell Peace Lectures. Boyle teaches international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign. Author of numerou books, he holds a J.D.. Magna Cum Laude as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science, both from Harvard Universit