Dr Philippe Cullet is a law researcher and teacher. He holds a doctorate in law (JSD) from Stanford Law School, Stanford University and previously studied law at the University of Geneva, King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Research Tutor at the Law Department of SOAS-University of London where he teaches international and comparative environmental law and intellectual property. For more information, please click here.

Dr Usha Ramanathan is a law researcher and teacher based in New Delhi. She studied law in Chennai and New Delhi. She currently teaches at the Indian Law Institute and conducts training programmes at NIPPCID in New Delhi. Her research interests include environmental law and policy, human rights, children rights, women rights, labour law, marginal communities and the law, and torts. For more information, please click here.

Dr Patricia Kameri-Mbote is a law researcher and teacher based in Nairobi. She studied law in Nairobi, Warwick and Stanford. She is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nairobi and is a programme director at IELRC. Her research interests include public international law, environmental law and policy, human rights, women rights, intellectual property and economic law. For more information, please click here.

Francelyn Begonia is an Assistant Provincial Prosecutor for the Province of Quezon in the Philippines. She is currently trying various cases involving crimes against women and minors, and all cases where a minor is a party, either as complainant or accused. Earlier, she spent 12 years working at the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, a pioneering non-government organization based in Manila, whose advocacy centres on indigenous peoples rights to land and tenurial security. Her research interests include human rights, corporate social accountability, as well as women and children's rights advocacy in the courts.

Jill Cottrell is a law researcher and teacher currently currently teaching at the University of Hong Kong. She studied law in London and Yale. She taught at the University of Ife (Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello University and Warwick Law School before moving to Hong Kong. Her research interests include environmental law, torts and some aspects of public law. For more information, please click here.

Dr. Martin Lau is a law researcher and teacher. He studied law in Heidelberg and London and did his Bar at Law in London. He is a Reader in Law at SOAS and teaches environmental law and South-Asian law. He is also director of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, SOAS. His areas of interest include South Asian laws, Islamic law and environmental law and he is involved in judicial training in these areas. For more information, please click here.

Paula Martins holds an LLM from New York University and a Master in Political Sciences and an LLB from the University of Sao Paulo. She has wide-ranging experience in the field of human rights, having worked for instance for Human Rights Watch, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Instituto Pro Bono. For more information, please click here.

M. Roopa holds an LLM from New York University and a BA/LLB from National Law School of India University , Bangalore. She has been a visiting faculty at the National Law School, has had extensive work experience with trade unions and was the President and Founder Member of the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. She is currently a Research Fellow with the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) working on the legal aspects of water sector reforms in India.