Dan Kovalik

Daniel Kovalik (born 1968) is an American human rights, labor rights lawyer and political activist. He previously taught International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

He is the author of several books, his first book was, The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, was published in 2017 by Skyhorse Publishing. He was co-author of the book No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests, which was published in 2020. His book "The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela, How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil" includes a foreword by Oliver Stone. In 2024 The Case for Palestine, Why It Matters and Why You Should Care, with a foreword by George Galloway, was published.

Colombia He worked on the Alien Tort Claims Act cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond Company and Occidental Petroleum over human rights abuses in Colombia. He also accused the Colombian and United States governments of overseeing mass killings in Colombia between 2002 and 2009.

In October 2025, He was appointed Gustavo Petro's lawyer in the US after Gustavo Petro was sanctioned by the US over allegations of drug dealing

Venezuela Kovalik defended the Venezuelan government following both the 2014 Venezuelan protests 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. In a radio interview with Matt Dwyer about Venezuela's 2013 elections, Kovalik called the Bolivarian Revolution "the most benevolent revolution in history".

Russia and Ukraine Kovalik is supportive of the Russian government in the Russo-Ukrainian War and has defended the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a 2022 column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he wrote that the 2014 Euromaidan was a "coup" led by the United States and the Ukrainian military, in particular the far-right elements such as the Azov Battalion, targeted civilians in the Donbas prior to the full-scale invasion. The Ukraine Crisis Media Center wrote that Kovalik's views contradicted his human rights activism, "bordering on conspiracy theories", and "correlating with the rhetoric of the Russian Federation".

He visited Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea.