Global Network of Peer Reviewers on Climate Litigation

The Sabin Center's Peer Review Network of Climate Litigation, includes practitioners and scholars from around the world who can review the Sabin Center’s Climate Litigation Database and ensure that it is comprehensive and up to date. This network will also connect like-minded scholars and engage in conversations on legal arguments adopted in climate litigation. Below are our current contributors.

If you would like to join the network and represent one of the jurisdictions not yet covered by the rapporteurs, please fill out this form. For a list of the countries not yet covered by rapporteurs, please visit this page

We also publish a monthly newsletter, summarizing the latest cases, research and events in climate litigation. You can view past newsletters here

Rapporteurs By Jurisdiction

Europe & Central Asia

  • Elia Cerrato, PhD candidate-University of Bologna & Carlos III University of Madrid
  • Armando Rocha, Assistant Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Albania

Austria

  • Julia Wallner, Research and Teaching Assistant (Pre-Doc) at University of Graz (Austria)

Azerbaijan

  • Sadiga Mehdiyeva, ADA University, Law School, Adjunct Lecturer - Environmental law

Belgium

  • Alice Briegleb, PhD Researcher at the Perelman Centre for legal philosophy at the Faculty of Law of the Université libre de Bruxelles

Bulgaria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Harun Iseric, Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Sarajevo
  • Redzib Skomorac, Senior Legal Advisor at Center for Environment (FoE BaH)

Czech Republic 

  • Eva Balounová, Post-doc at the Centre for Climate Law and Sustainability Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

  • Ines Carter, Legal and Policy Trainee at Milieu Law and Policy Consulting (Brussels) 

Georgia

Germany

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

  • Eoin Jackson, Legal Fellow at the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
  • Orla Heatley, Bar Practice Course Student, Inns of Court College of Advocacy

Italy

  • Chiara Guerra, Former Legal Intern at the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

Latvia

  • Madara Melnika, Legal Clerk at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia

Lietchenstein

  • Dan Ziebarth, Senior Legal Advisor at Center for Environment (FoE BaH)

Lithuania

Malta 

  • Elisa Rossi, Civil servant at the ENS Paris-Saclay (France)

Monaco

Marie-Louise Holle, Associate Professor, CBS LAW MPP, COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL

Montenegro

  • Djordje Bjelica, Student at LLM Faculty of Law University of Belgrade Master in European Integration (with specialization in Environmental EU law and policy and Human Rights), Attorney at Law at Bjelica Law office

Netherlands

  • Marlies Hesselman, Lecturer Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen

Norway 

  • Esmeralda Colombo, Fulbright-Schuman Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley
  • Kristin Engen, Low Carbon Coordinator at the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative 

Portugal

  • Heloísa Oliveia, Research Fellow at Lisbon Public Law Research Centre; Guest Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law

Romania

 

San Marino

Serbia

  • Djordje Bjelica, Student at LLM Faculty of Law University of Belgrade Master in European Integration (with specialization in Environmental EU law and policy and Human Rights), Attorney at Law at Bjelica Law office

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom 

Ukraine

  • Rinata Kazak, Lecturer, Linköping University; Assistant Professor of Legal History, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Vatican City

 

 

East Asia & Pacific (Oceania)

  • Masako Ichihara, JSPS Research fellow / Visiting Researcher at: linkedin Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
  • Moumita Das Gupta, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh and Research Fellow, Center for Climate Justice - Bangladesh (CCJ-B)

Australia

  • Charlie Bevis, Climate Change Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Afghanistan

Arab Emirates

  • Tejas Rao, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge; Adjunct Faculty, Middlesex University Dubai; Senior Manager, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law

Azerbaijan

  • Sadiga Mehdiyeva, ADA University, Law School, Adjunct Lecturer - Environmental law

 

Brunei

 

Bhutan

  • Apoorva Satapathy, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Vaishnavi, Law student at RV Institute of Legal Studies 

 

Cambodia

 

China

  • Jin Gu, PhD student at the China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies
    of Wuhan University (CIBOS)
  • Mingzhe Zhu, Senior Postdoc Researcher, Law Faculty, University of Antwerp
  • Yaoyao Chen, Graduate Student, Kobe University, Japan
  • Su Xianting, Graduate Student, Kobe University, Japan
  • Nilongyin Song, Graduate Student, Chuo University, Japan  
  • Lilian FAN

 

Federated States of Micronesia

  • Richa Shrestha, Coordinator, World's Youth for Climate Justice; Member of the UN Youth Advisory Group on Environmental & Climate Justice for the Asia Pacific

 

Fiji

  • Katherine Quinn, Graduate of University of Oslo, Masters of International Environment and Energy Law

India

  • Apoorva Satapathy, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Dr. Madhuri Parikh, Professor, Director and Dean, Institute of Law, Nirma University
  • Gunjan Soni, Student, National University of Singapore
  • Prof. Pradeep Nair, ADA University, Law School, Adjunct Lecturer - Environmental law
  • Nabeela Siddiqui, Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), VMLS, VMRF-DU, India
  • Ria Das, Lawyer, Supreme Court of India
  • Shashi Yadav, Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University
  • Tejas Rao, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge; Adjunct Faculty, Middlesex University Dubai; Senior Manager, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law

Indonesia

 

Japan

  • Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LL.M Public International Law, University of Groningen
  • Masako Ichihara, JSPS Research fellow / Visiting Researcher at: linkedin Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

Kazakhstan

  • Yernar Sailybayev, Researcher, research coordinator. Consortium manager Caspian Environmental Consortium

 

Kiribati

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

 

Malaysia

  • Kwong Chiew Ee, Partner, Rahmat Lim & Partners; Adjunct Lecturer, Taylor's University, Kuala Lumpur
  • Wan Mohd Zulhafiz bin Wan Zahari, Associate Professor, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and member of IIUM Climate Change Law and Policy Centre

 

Maldives

 

Myanmar

 

Nepal

  • Richa Shrestha, Coordinator, World's Youth for Climate Justice; Member of the UN Youth Advisory Group on Environmental & Climate Justice for the Asia Pacific
  • Rubina Adhikari, Project Coordinator - Gross International Nature

 

New Zealand

  • Molly McDouall, Solicitor - Lawyers for Climate Action New Zealand Inc

Pakistan

  • Umair Saleem, Fellow at Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic
  • Vaishnavi, Law student at RV Institute of Legal Studies
  • Vedavalli. S, Assistant Professor of Law at the Tamil Nadu National Law University, India

Palau

  • Sathiabama. S, Legal Expert, National Investigation Agency, India

 

Papua New Guinea

Qatar

  • Jennie Nguyen, Undergraduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (B.S. in Business Administration, Minor in Politics & Public Policy)

Russian Federation

Singapore

 

Solomon Islands

  • Richa Shrestha, Coordinator, World's Youth for Climate Justice; Member of the UN Youth Advisory Group on Environmental & Climate Justice for the Asia Pacific

Sri Lanka

  • Apoorva Satapathy, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Nimshi Hirimbura, Head of Legal- Environmental Foundation (Gurantee) Ltd
  • Vedavalli. S, Assistant Professor of Law at the Tamil Nadu National Law University, India

South Korea

Taiwan

  • Anton Ming-Zhi Gao, Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Anna Yi-Ching Li, Research Assistant, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan & Reporter, Oxford Reports on International Law, Oxford University Press
  • Chun-Yuan Lin, National Taiwan University College of Law

 

Tajikistan

Thailand

  • Sathiabama. S, Legal Expert, National Investigation Agency, India

 

Timor Leste

 

Turkey

  • Ece Uyanık, Research Assistant at Kadir Has University, Faculty of Law & Vice Coordinator of KHAS Climate Change and Law Laboratory (CCLLAB)
  • Murat Artuç, Res. Asst. PhD student at Aydin Adnan Menderes University

 

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

 

Vanuatu

 

Vietnam

  • Teoh King Men, LLM in International Law at University of Oslo
  • Jennie Nguyen, Undergraduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (B.S. in Business Administration, Minor in Politics & Public Policy)

 

Other

 

 

Africa

 

Algeria

Botswana

  • Bosa Sebele, Lawyer and Africa Focal Point of Migration at the Major Group on Children and Youth 

Cameroon

Egypt

Democratic Republic of Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea 

Ethiopia

Gabon

  • Chancia TRÉMOUILLE IVALA, Legal expert - Phd candidate in African environmental law at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Member of GDR 2032 ClimaLex

Gambia

Ghana

Israel 

Jordan

Kenya

  • Omondi Owino, Partner Acorn Law Advocates-LLP and Senior Law Lecturer JKUAT 

Lesotho

Lybia

Madagascar

Malawi

  • Angela van der Berg, Director: Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Law

Mali

  • Angela van der Berg, Director: Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Law

Mauritius & Mauritius' Outer Islands (Rodrigues and Agalega) 

Namibia

Nigeria

  • Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, Prof of law and Director General/ CEO Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal studies ABUJA, Nigeria

Rwanda 

  • Shambhavi Thakur, Assistant Professor, Vinayaka Mission’s Law School, Chennai, India 

Saudi Arabia 

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone 

  • Angela van der Berg, Director: Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Law
  • Jamil Sahid Fofanah, SJD Candidate and Research Assistant at Elisabeth Haud School of Law at Pace University

South Africa

Swaziland

Tanzania

  • Kolawole Abiri, PhD Candidate, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia 

  • Morgan Katati, Climate lawyer, Zambia Institute of Environmental Management 

Zimbabwe 

 

Middle East

  • Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies (UAE and Kuwait)

Algeria

  • Donia Ayari, PhD student in Energy Law at Groningen University (Netherlands)

Bahrain

Cyprus 

Iran

Iraq

  • Rasha Aqeel, Professor in the Department of Law, and a member of the ISO Energy Committee in Diwaniyah Governorate

Israel 

Jordan

  • Donia Ayari, PhD student in Energy Law at Groningen University (Netherlands)

Kuwait 

  • Md Shahin Kabir, Associate Professor of Law at the Lakhmi Chad Institute of Technology
  • Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies

Lybia

  • Donia Ayari, PhD student in Energy Law at Groningen University (Netherlands)

Malta 

  • Md Shahin Kabir, Associate Professor of Law at the Lakhmi Chad Institute of Technology 

Qatar 

  • Md Shahin Kabir, Associate Professor of Law at the Lakhmi Chad Institute of Technology
  • Nabeela Siddiqui, Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), VMLS, VMRF-DU, India

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

  • Donia Ayari, PhD student in Energy Law at Groningen University (Netherlands)

UAE

  • Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies 

 

North America & Caribbean

Andean Court of Justice

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Canada

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

  • Cara Schulte, Doctoral Candidate, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Research Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Law Human Rights Center; Researcher, Climate Rights International

Central American Court of Justice

ITLOS

Costa Rica

Cuba 

  • Adriana Lorena Abril Ortiz, Student at the MSc in Sustainable Development at the KU Leuven and intern at Landesa on corporate engagement

Dominica

  • Annika Kamilla Bellot, Environmental Diplomat & Environmental/ Climate Change Law Consultant - Government of Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

  • Shashi Kant Yadav, Assistant Professor Jindal Global Law School; PhD candidate, University of Surrey (UK)

 

Escazú Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance

Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee

Grenada 

Guatemala

  • Alexandra Goodman, Senior Law Fellow at International Council of Environmental Law (http://icelinternational.org)

Guyana

Honduras

  • Adriana Lorena Abril Ortiz, Student at the MSc in Sustainable Development at the KU Leuven and intern at Landesa on corporate engagement

Mexico

Panama

Saint Lucia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Tonga

Trinidad & Tobago

  • Britney Nurse, Junior Associate Attorney at Alves Clarke Rodulfo & Co. Attorneys-at-Law
  • Shashi Kant Yadav, Assistant Professor Jindal Global Law School; PhD candidate, University of Surrey (UK)

 

South America

Argentina

  • Clarisa Andrea Neuman, Environmental coordinator, Procuración General de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Santa Fe (Argentina)
  • Santiago Pascual, Secretary at the Office of the Appellate Prosecutor (Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina)

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

 

 

International Bodies

  • Antoine De Spiegeleir, LLM candidate at Yale Law School (International Bodies and ICJ)
  • Maria Jose Alarcón Santillan, Associate Professor for International Environmental law at Universidad de los Hemisferios at Quito-Ecuador (International Bodies and Central American Court of Justice, Andean Court of Justice, ITLOS) 

International Courts and International Dispute Settlement Bodies

  • International Court of Justice
    • Miriam Cohen, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor at Université de Montréal
  • International Criminal Court
    • Ayana Dootalieva, Junior Associate Public and Environmental Law at Allen & Overy (Belgium)
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  • World Trade Organization Appellate Body
    • Elif Sena Yaman, Graduate Research Assistant at George Washington University Law School
  • Investor–State Dispute Settlement (including arbitral tribunals)

 

United Nations Treaty Bodies and United Nations Special Procedures

  • United Nations Human Rights Committee
    • Ann Skelton, Professor of Law, University of Pretora, Professor of Law, University of Leiden
  • United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
    • Ann Skelton, Professor of Law, University of Pretora, Professor of Law, University of Leiden
  • United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
  • United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • United Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
    • Marlies Hesselman, Lecturer Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen

 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Accountability Mechanisms

  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development National Contact Points
    • Andreas Hösli, PhD Candidate at University of Zurich
    • Aylin Yildiz Noorda, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Lisbon, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation

 

International Environmental and Climate Compliance Mechanisms

  • Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
    • Annelies Maes, Doctoral researcher environmental law at UHasselt,
  • Escazú Agreement Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
  • Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee

 

Regional Courts and Regional Human Rights Bodies

Europe

  • European Court of Human Rights
  • Court of Justice of the European Union
    • Ines Carter, Legal and Policy Trainee at Milieu Law and Policy Consulting (Brussels)
  • European Committee on Social Rights

Africa

  • African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
  • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
  • Economic Community of West African States Community Court of Justice
    • Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, Prof of law and Director General/ CEO Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal studies ABUJA, Nigeria
  • East African Court of Justice
    • Dina Lupin, Lecturer, University of Southampton Law School, Director, Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment

Americas

  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  • Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Asia and the Pacific

  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (quasi-judicial)

 

The Peer Review Network receives in-kind support from the United Nations Environment Programme.