International Group of Experts for the Pact
PRESIDENT :
Laurent FABIUS, President of the Constitutional Council of the French Republic, President of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, France (COP21), France
ASSISTED BY :
Louis SCHWEITZER, Special Advisor, France
SECRETARY GENERAL :
Yann AGUILA, President of the Environment Commission of the Club des Juristes, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, Bredin Prat, France
MEMBERS :
Pauline-Marie ABADIE, Lecturer in Law at the University of Paris Saclay, France
Domenico AMIRANTE, Full Professor in Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli” (University of Naples II), Department of Political Science and Coordinator of the PhD Course “Comparative Law and Processes of Integration” at the same University, Italia
Marisol ANGLES HERNANDEZ, Doctor of Environmental Law, Research Fellow at the Institute for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Mishig BATSUURI, Chairman of the Administrative Chamber, Supreme Court of Mongolia, Mongolia
Antonio BENJAMIN, Judge of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, President of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Brazil
Ben BOER,Distinguished Professor, Wuhan University Environmental Law Research Institute, China, Professor Emeritus, Syndey University School of Law, former Vice Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Australia
Laurence BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, Department of Public International Law and International Organizations, Switzerland
Klaus BOSSELMANN, Professor of Environmental Law and Founding Director of the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law at the University of Auckland, Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Ethics Specialist Group, New Zealand
Ioana BOTEZATU, INTERPOL, Romania
Soukaina BOURAOUI, Managing Director of the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunisia
David BOYD,Professor of Law, Politics and Sustainable Development at the University of British Columbia, Special Rapporteur to the United Nations on Human Rights and the Environment, Canada
Edith BROWN WEISS,Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center, USA
Mingde CAO,Professor at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), China
Lord Robert CARNWATH, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Joëlle CASANOVA, Director of Legal and Administrative Affairs, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Monaco
Leila CHIKHAOUI, Member of the Provisional Instance for the Control of the Constitutionality of Draft Laws of Tunisia, Professor of Public Law at the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
Bradly J. CONDON, Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), President-Founder of the Center for International Economic Law, Mexico
Carina COSTA DE OLIVEIRA, Professor of International Law and Environmental Law, University of Brasilia, Brazilian Coordinator of the Research Group on Law, Natural Resources and Sustainability (Gern-UnB), Brazil
Philippe CULLET, Professor of International and Environmental Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India, UK
Peter DARAK, President of the Supreme Court of Hungary, Hungary
Luca D’AMBROSIO, Associate researcher at the Collège de France, Doctor in private law and criminal sciences from the Sorbonne Law School (University of Paris 1) and Naples II, Italy
Carlos DE MIGUEL PERALES, Associate Lawyer, Uría Menéndez, Professor at Comillas University (ICADE), Madrid, Spain
Nicolas DE SADELEER, Professor at St Louis University, Brussels, Jean Monnet Chair, Belgium
Olivier DE SCHUTTER, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and the College of Europe (Natolin), Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Belgium
Dr. Bharat H. DESAI, Professor of International Law, Research Chair in International Environmental Law, President of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Leila DEVIA, Professor of International Environmental Law at the Universities of Salvador and Buenos Aires, Director of the Basel Regional Center in South America, Argentina
Charles DI LEVA, Professor at George Washington Law School and American University School of Law, USA
Stéphane DOUMBE-BILLE, Professor at the University Jean-Moulin Lyon, Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Member of the International Council of Environmental Law, Cameroon
Geneviève DUFOUR,President of the Quebec Society of International Law and President of the Francophone Network of International Law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Daniel C. Esty, Professor at Yale University School of Law, Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy Studies at Yale University, USA
Alexandre FARO, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, Faro & Gozlan, France
Michael FAURE, Professor of Comparative Law and International Environmental Law at Maastricht University, Professor of Comparative Private Law and Economics at the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics (RILE) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Wahid FERCHICHI, Associate Professor of Law, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Rosario FERRARA, Professor at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS), Rome, Italy
Elizabeth FISHER, Professor of Environmental Law at Corpus Christi College and Oxford Law School, UK
Malcolm FORSTER, Professor, University of Western Ontario, UK
Francesco FRANCIONI, Professor Emeritus of International Law at the European University Institute of Florence, Professor of International Law at the LUISS University, Rome, Member of the Institute of International Law (IDI), Italy
Maria GAVOUNELI, Associate Professor of International Law at the National Capodistrian University of Athens, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London, Greece
Michael GERRARD, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, USA
Jan GLAZEWSKI, Professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town, Former Special Advisor to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa, South Africa
Paule HALLEY, Full Professor, Lawyer, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Parvez HASSAN, Lawyer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Chairman Emeritus, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Pakistan
Delphine HEDARY, Councillor of State, Formerly responsible for the preparation of the Charter of the Environment, Formerly President of the Etats généraux de la modernisation du droit de l’environnement, France
Joel HERNANDEZ, Member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Mexican Representative to the Inter-American Juridical Committee (IAJC) of the Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico
Davide Jr. Hilario G., Former Chief Justice of the Philippines, Former Permanent Representative of the United Nations in New York, Philippines
Océni HOUNKPATIN ÀMOUSSA, Jurist in environmental law, President of the Association of African Lawyers for the Environment (AJAPE), Benin
Christian HUGLO, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, Huglo Lepage et Associés, France
Maria IVANOVA, Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Director of the Center for Governance and Sustainability, Bulgaria
Alejandro IZA, Director of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany
Marie JACOBSSON, Ambassador, Senior Adviser on International Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Former member of the United Nations International Law Commission from 2007 to 2016, Sweden
Maurice KAMTO, Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Yaoundé II, Member of the United Nations International Law Commission, Cameroon
Donald KANIARU, Associate Attorney, Kaniaru & Kaniaru Advocates (Nairobi, Kenya), Former Director of the Environmental Policy Implementation Division and the Environmental Conventions Division of UN Environment, Former Chairman of the National Environment Tribunal of Kenya, Kenya
Anatoly KAPUSTIN, Professor at the Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Vice-Director of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law of the Russian Government, Russia
Maria Magdalena KENIG-WITKOWSKA, Professor of Law, Member of the Scientific Council of the Center for Environmental Research, University of Warsaw, Poland
Yann KERBRAT, Professor at the Sorbonne Law School, Director of the Sorbonne Research Institute of International and European Law, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Nicolas KICHIGIN, Associate Researcher at the Moscow Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law, Associate Professor at the Vysokovsky Higher School of Urban Planning of the National Research University of Economics, Russia
Louis J. KOTZE, Associate Professor, North West University, South Africa, Visiting Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Lincoln, UK, South Africa
Arnold KREILHUBER, Director of the Department of International Environmental Law of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Austria
Pascale KROMAREK, Lawyer, Member of the MEDEF Environmental Law Committee, France
Swatanter KUMAR, Former Chairman, National Green Tribunal, India
Aaron T. LAUR, Chief Executive Officer, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, USA
Sophie LAVALLEE, Full Professor, Lawyer, Faculty of Law, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Luc LAVRYSEN, Judge at the Belgian Constitutional Court, President of the European Forum of Judges for the Environment, Professor of Environmental Law at Ghent University, Belgium
Philippe LE PRESTRE, Full Professor of Political Science, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Qingbao LI, Associate Professor at North China Electric Power University, China
Sébastien MABILE, Partner, Seattle Avocat, Doctor of Law, Chair of the IUCN Environmental Law and Policy Commission, France
Luis Fernando MACIAS GOMEZ, Environmental Lawyer, President of the Colombian Institute of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Colombia
Sandrine MALJEAN-DUBOIS, Director of Research at the CNRS, Director of the mixed research unit on Comparative and European International Law, Professor of International Law at the University of Aix-Marseille, France
Gilles J. MARTIN, Professor Emeritus at the University of Côte d’Azur, CNRS, GREDEG, Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France
Benoit MAYER, Senior Lecturer, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
Makane Moïse MBENGUE, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, Affiliate Professor at Science Po Paris (Law School), Senegal
Pilar MORAGA SARIEGO, Professor at the Environmental Law Center of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, Director of the Human Dimension Research Group at the Climate and Resilience Research Center (CR)2, Chile
Maria MUAVESI, Legal Advisor, Centre for Environmental Governance in the Pacific, IUCN, Fiji Islands
Shinya MURASE, Professor Emeritus at Sophia Law School in Tokyo, Member and Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission, Japan
Bouchra NADIR, Professor of Private Law at Mohammed V University Rabat, Coordinator of the Master in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Morocco
Constance NALEGACH ROMERO, Senior Lawyer, Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of the Environment, Chile
Françoise NESI, Referendary Advisor to the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation, France
Laurent NEYRET, Professor at the University of Versailles Paris Saclay, Chief of Staff of the President of the Constitutional Council, France
Nilufer ORAL, Professor at the Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, Member of the International Law Commission, Co-Chair of the IUCN Oceans, Coasts and Barriers Group, Turkey
Nora PAILLON, Doctor of Law, lawyer at the Bar of Montreal, lecturer in international environmental law at UQAM and guest researcher at CÉRIUM, Canada
Luciano PAREJO ALFONSO, Professor Emeritus of Administrative Law at the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Teresa PAREJO NAVAJAS, Associate Professor of Law at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, affiliated with the Sabin Center for Climate Change at Columbia University, Spain
Cymie PAYNE, Professor at Rutgers University, Member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, USA
Jacqueline PEEL, Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law at Melbourne Law School, Australia
Amedeo POSTIGLIONE, President-Founder of ICEF, Honorary President of the Italian Court of Cassation, Italy
Tianbao QIN, Professor at Wuhan University, Secretary General of the Chinese Society of Environmental and Natural Resources Law, China
Fabienne QUILLERE MAJZOUB, Professor, IODE-CNRS UMR 6262, University of Rennes 1, Lebanon
Lavanya RAJAMANI, Professor at the Centre for Policy Studies, New Delhi, India
Rama S. RAO, Former Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), India
Yvan RAZAFINDRATANDRA, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, Environmental Affairs Advisor, France
Vincent REBEYROL, Professor of Law at EM Lyon Business School, Attorney at Law, France
Eckard REHBINDER, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Economics and Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Former Chairman of the German Advisory Committee on the Environment, Member of the Board of Directors of the World Centre for Environmental Law (ICEL), Germany
Nicholas A. ROBINSON, Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, Executive Director of the Global Center for Environmental Law Studies, USA
Lisa SACHS, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Columbia University, USA
James SALZMAN, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, USA
Peter H. SAND, Institute for International Law; University of Munich, former legal advisor for environmental affairs at the World Bank, Germany
Yacouba SAVADOGO, Environmental Law Expert, IUCN, Regional Office for West and Central Africa, Coordinator of the French-speaking African Network of Environmental Lawyers (RAFJE), member of the World Commission on Environmental Law, Burkina Faso
Patricia SAVIN,Associate lawyer, DS Avocats, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor at the University of Créteil, France
Tullio SCOVAZZI, Professor of International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Dinah SHELTON, Professor at George Washington University, Former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, USA
Patrick THIEFFRY, Member of the Paris and New York Bars, Thieffry & Associés, Associate Professor at the Sorbonne Law School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
James THORNTON, Founder and CEO of ClientEarth, environmental lawyer and social entrepreneur, Republic of Ireland
Amado Jr. TOLENTINO, Professor of Environmental Law, Member of the Expert Group on Environmental Law of the IUCN World Commission on Environment and Development, Former Executive Governor (for developing countries) of the International Council of Environmental Law, Philippines
François-Guy TREBULLE, Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Director of the Sorbonne Law School, France
Eduardo VALENCIA OSPINA, President of the International Law Commission, Former UN Special Rapporteur for the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, Colombia
Jorge E. VINUALES, Professor at the University of Cambridge (Harold Samuel Chair of Environmental Law and Policy) and Chair of the UNECE/WHO-Europe Compliance Committee for the Protocol on Water and Health, Argentina
Christina VOIGT, Professor at the University of Oslo, Chair of the IUCN Expert Group on Climate Change, Legal Advisor to the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
Canfa WANG, Professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, Director of the China Pollution Victims Legal Assistance Center (CLAPV), China
Catherine WARBURTON, Executive Director, Warburton Attorneys Warburton Attorneys & IMBEWU Sustainability Legal Specialists (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
Michael D. WILSON, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Hawaii, Founding Member, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, Adjunct Fellow, Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India, USA
Farhana YAMIN, International environmental lawyer, Founder and Director of Track 0, UK
Margaret YOUNG, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, Australia
Jinfeng ZHOU, Secretary General of the China Foundation for Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development, China, Vice President of the World Green Design Organisation, Belgium
