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Mohamed Azouagh
mohamed.azouagh--at--free.fr
Chercheur,
EcoLomics International
Dr. jur. Mohamed Azouagh est un citoyen
Franco-Marocain. Il a obtenu une Licence en Droit public à la
Faculté de droit de Oujda (Maroc) en 1995, un DEA en Droit et
économie du développement à l'Institut du Droit de la Paix et du
Développement de Nice (France) en 1999, un Certificat en Droit
international à New York Hofstra University School of Law en 2001.
Enfin, un Doctorat en droit à l'Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis
(France) en 2004. Sa thèse de Doctorat a essayé de démonter dans
quelle mesure les règles du GATT/OMC prennent en compte les intérêts
environnementaux. Dr. Azouagh a travaillé comme Conseiller pour la
Division du Commerce et Environnement (PNUE) à Genève, pour des
organismes publics français et pour des ONG œuvrant dans le
domaine de la protection de l'environnement et/ou des droits de
l'homme. En tant que membre du Groupement d'Etudes et de Recherches
en Droit International et Comparé (Nice) et au PNUE, Dr. Azouagh a
participé à plusieurs séminaires et colloques portant sur le
commerce et l'environnement et à la rédaction d'études et rapports. |
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Makane Moïse Mbengue
Makane.Mbengue--at--droit.unige.ch
Co-Editor, EcoLomic Policy and
Law
Scientific
Director, Global EcoLomics
Dr. jur.
Makane Moïse Mbengue, a native of Senegal, is a Lecturer at
the Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement
(Geneva U Law Faculty/IHEID). Previously he was a Fellow in the Global
Visitors Program of the New York University Law School. In 1997,
he received his LL.B. from the University Gaston Berger of
Saint-Louis (Senegal) in Public Law, in 1998 a Masters
degree, followed in 1999 by an LL.M. in Business and
Economic Law. 2001-2007 he was a Teaching Assistant
and Researcher at the Law Faculty of the University of
Geneva. His doctoral research was devoted to the topic
of "Anticipation in International Law: A Legal Theory on
the Regulation of Environmental and Sanitary Risk". The
thesis explores new avenues such as e.g. the distinction
between scientific uncertainty and the insufficiency of
scientific evidence. Dr. Mbengue is also the author of a
number of articles in scientific journals and books on trade
and environment, on international dispute-settlement, on the
law of treaties, on the law of international watercourses
and on WTO law. He has been a consultant for the World Bank,
the World Health Organization, the Nile Basin Initiative and
the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
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María Julia Oliva
mjuliaoliva--at--gmail.com
Co-Editor, EcoLomic Policy and
Law
Program
Director, Global EcoLomics
Maria Julia
Oliva joined the Union for Ethical BioTrade in January 2009
as Senior Adviser on access and benefit sharing, with a
focus on intellectual property-related issues. She has
extensive experience on the interface of trade, intellectual
property and sustainability, having served as a Senior
Programme Officer for Trade, Natural Resources, and
Environment at the International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development (ICTSD), legal consultant for the
UNCTAD BioTrade Facilitation Programme, and Director of the
Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Project at
the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Ms.
Oliva is also on the Board of Directors of IP-Watch, an
independent reporting service on intellectual property
issues; and is a member of the IUCN Commission on
Environmental Law. She holds a Masters of Laws (LL.M) in
environmental law, cum laude, from Northwestern School of
Law at Lewis and Clark College, and a law degree from the
University of Mendoza in Argentina. |
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Nicolas Perin,
M.Sc.
perin.nclsChercheur, EcoLomics International
Nicolas Perin est contributeur pour EcoLomics
International sur les enjeux de politique
environnementale et climatique liés aux
commerce. Il
a séjourné à la
Chaire de
responsabilité sociale et de développement
durable de l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
en tant qu'assistant de recherche durant l'année
2009. Récemment diplômé de l'Université Paris
Dauphine d'un Master de recherche en Analyses et
Théories du Développement Durable, il a rédigé
en 2009 son mémoire de recherche sur la
régulation internationale du commerce sucrier. Nicolas
a été chargé de mission sur plusieurs projets de
développement durable et de responsabilité
sociale, notamment la mise en place du premier
Bilan Carbone de l'Université Paris Dauphine, et
la création d'un code de conduite pour le
secteur équipementier automobile français, primé
par le Medef en 2009.
Nicolas est un membre fondateur et ancien
président de l'association Dauphine Durable pour
la promotion du Développement Durable au Sein de
l'Université Paris Dauphine".
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Urs P. Thomas
trade.env--at--EcoLomics-International.org
Administrator, Publisher and Editor
EcoLomics International,
Global EcoLomics
Urs P. Thomas was
born in Zürich and was active in international business for
fifteen years. He then spent over twenty years primarily in
Montréal and went back to school obtaining a BSc in Environmental
Biology and an MBA at Concordia University. He
concluded his studies in Political Science at UQAM in 1993 with a
PhD thesis on UNEP's first 20 years, including the Rio
Conference, with a focus
on its interorganizational relations. Subsequently he
continued in Canada to do research and teaching in
international environmental affairs and in their
relationship with economic globalization. This
research then concentrated on trade and environment studies at the University of Geneva's Law Faculty
from 2000 until his retirement in 2008 through
grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Réseau universitaire international de Genève.
In 2002 he founded EcoLomics International which he
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Noriko (Nikki) Yajima
Researcher, EcoLomics International
Dr. Noriko Yajima is a native of Japan. In 2006, she obtained a PhD
in international relations/international law at the
University of Melbour, Australia with a thesis on “International
regulation of the environment: Conflicting approaches of the
World Trade Organization and
multilateral environmental agreements”.
The thesis analyzes the relationship between two different
sets of international law, i.e. the cases of the WTO and the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Prior to her PhD studies,
she obtained a Masters degree at Bonn University, Australia
with associated research on sustainable development issues
at
Aalborg
University, Denmark in 2001. She also joined
a 1-year program at Shenzhen University, China, to study
policies of sustainable development in developing countries.
She has presented papers in several international academic
conferences in the field of trade and environment and has
also participated in meetings of international organizations
on food safety and biosafety. Subsequently she has
collaborated with academics in their work on international
standards of animals, plants and food.
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