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Our fellows and interns enjoy the rewarding experience of working in an international office, based in a city that has demonstrated a strong commitment to the environment and to attracting international organizations and events. They also have the opportunity to interact with ELC staff - and the many international experts who visit the Centre - and have access to the ELC library resources, which include two of the world's most extensive libraries on environmental law and policy.
The IUCN ELC has been closely collaborating with a number of organisations to fund research fellows to come to the ELC in order to enable legal specialists from developing countries to access and conduct research on environmental law and policy.This has included working very closely with the Carl Duisberg Society and the Humboldt Foundation and the ELC is most appreciative of their ongoing recognition and support.
Interns with high interest in environmental law are welcome to apply to spend some time at the ELC. Successful applicants will spend time supporting the work of our legal professionals and will gain the opportunity to participate in an exciting array of projects, conferences and workshops.
While we are not able to offer remuneration for fellows or interns, they are provided with their own working space including computer with email/Internet access, essential Windows applications and full access to our substantial library collection.
Internships
Students and young lawyers from all over the world come to the ELC to participate in our volunteer internship program. Working at the ELC is an enlightening experience, providing an insight into what it is like to be a part of the fascinating world of an international organisation working in the field of environmental law and policy.
Particular assignments are determined according to a mix of factors, of which the intern's level and qualifications, coupled with the particular needs of the ELC at the time, are the most important.
Interns 2007
Andrea Düppen, Germany
Law degree graduate, University of Cologne, Germany
Postgraduate judicial service trainee, District Court of Cologne, Germany
July - September 2007
Violeta Gustale Gill, Paraguay
Law degree, Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA), Paraguay
Candidate for Master in Law and Sustainable Development (Univ. tba)
May – July 2007
Rosalía Ibarra Sarlat, México
PhD candidate, Environmental Law, University of Alicante, Spain
Environmental Law Specialization Course, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, Spain
D.E.A. Environmental Law, University of Alicante, Spain
LL.B Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
March - May 2007
Interns 2006
Capucine Chamoux, France
PhD candidate, International Environmental Law, University of Aix-Marseille/CERIC, France
LL.M International Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
D.E.A. International Public Law, University of Aix-Marseille/CERIC, France
September - November 2006
Carine Nadal, UK
LL.M student specialising in Environmental Law, University of London, UK
Diploma in International Environmental Law,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Switzerland
LL.B - University of Nottingham, UK
May - July 2006
Interns 2005
G.A.P. Achala Chandani, Sri Lanka
PhD candidate, University of Kent, UK
LL.M Environmental Law and Policy, University of Kent, UK
LL.B University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
October - December 2005
Emilie Cornu-Thenard, France
Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France:
LLM - Environmental Law and Land Management
University Diploma - Scientific aspects of pollution Law degree - Public Law
Certificate - Urban planning and Construction Law
May - August 2005
Swetlana Niekisch, Germany
LL.M. - International and Comparative Law, George Washington University, USA
Law degree - Cologne University, Germany
Certificate on European Legal Studies, Universities of Saarland, Germany; Warwick, UK and Lille 2, France
January - May 2005
Fabienne Aubry, France
LL.M. - Public International Law student at Aix-Marseille University/CERIC, France
Law degree - International Law, Jean Moulin University, Lyon III France and
Stockholm University, Sweden
March - May 2005
Interns 2004
Annalisa Savaresi, Italy
LL.M. - International and European Legal Studies, University of Durham, UK
Law Degree, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
September - October 2004
Thomas Greiber, Germany
LL.M. - International Environmental Law, George Washington University, USA
Postgraduate judicial service trainee, Krefeld District Court, Germany
May - August 2004
Malin Hollberg, Sweden
Law degree graduate, University of Stockholm Law School, Stockholm, Sweden
March - May 2004
Interns 2003
Bernard Blazkiewicz, Poland
LL.M. candidate - Dalhousie Law School, Canada
Magister Prawa - University of Gdansk, Poland
October 2003 - January 2004
Arturo Brandt, Chile
LLM, Vermont Law School, USA
JD University Diego Portales, Chile
September - December 2003
Rajesh Sehgal, India
LLM Environmental Law, Nottingham Trent University, UK
LLB CCS University, India
September - December 2003
Noémi Nemes, Hungary
MA student in International and European Legal Studies
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
February 2003 - July 2003
Maria Jiménez, Costa Rica
MA student in Development Management, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Diploma in Agrarian and Environmental Law, University of Costa Rica
February 2003 - April 2003
Interns 2002
Ekaterini Sarafidou, Greece
Master Studies European and International Law
( L.L.M.Eur), University of Bremen
October 2002 - January 2003
Sonia Corterier, Germany
Law Degree (1. State Examination), University of Bonn
October 2002 - January 2003
Claudiane Chevalier, France
DEA en Droit International Public
CERIC, Université d'Aix-Marseille III, France
April - October 2002
Dörte Hochmuth, Germany
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Uppsala/Schweden
1. Staatsexamen, "Ruprecht-Karls"-Universität, Heidelberg/Germany
June - September 2002
Interns 2001
Caroline Strulik, France
Masters of Laws (LL.M) Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
October - December 2001
Support to lawyers
Nicholas Draggfy, UK
Masters of Law (LL.M) Bachelor of Law (LL.B)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, London
September - December 2001
Support to lawyers
Yaw Osafo , Ghana
BA (Hons) Law and Government, University of Manchester, UK
October 2000 - June 2001
Support to lawyers
Research Fellows
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A number of other foundations offer fellowships, which may be appropriately undertaken using the ELC's facilities. In the past, these have included the German National Merit Foundation, and the Robert-Bosch-Foundation (Graduate Program in International Affairs).
Siu-Lang Carrillo Yap, Peru
Lawyer - Pedro Ruiz Gallo University, Peru
Master in civil law - Catholic University, Peru
Forest and customary law
June - September 2007
Lily Mathews, Australia
BA, LL.B (Hons I) - University of Sydney, Australia
Corporate solicitor, Freehills, Australia
June - September 2006
Rocio Meza Suarez, Peru
BA, LL.B - Catholic University, Peru
Master of Law in Environmental Law and Policy - University of Kent, UK
PhD candidate 2006-2008 - University of Giessen, Germany:
The right to free, prior and informed consent for indigenous people regarding mining activities that damage the environment and human health
June - August 2006
Ilona Millar, Australia
BA Hons (politics) - Murdoch University
LL.B - University of Western Australia
Masters of Environmental Law - University of Sydney
January - April 2006
Christian Lopez-Silva, Mexico
Doctoral candidate, Research Assistant: Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics (UK)
MA in Biotech Law & Ethics: University of Sheffield (UK)
Trade and environment issues in international regulation of biotechnology
September - December 2005
The following fellowship project was financed by the European Soils Bureau (European Commission), and the Foundation Charles Leopold Mayer:
Dr Ian Hannam, Australia
Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney, Australia
Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Soils:
A Preliminary Report
March - May 2001
Fellowship InWEnt (formerly
Carl Duisberg Society)
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InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gemeinnützige GmbH ( Capacity Building International, Germany ) is an organization for international human resources development, advanced training and dialogue. It was established through a merger of Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. ( CDG ) and the German Foundation for International Development ( DSE ). Its practice-oriented programs are directed at experts, managers and decision-makers from business and industry, politics, public administration and civil society from all over the world. Its Development Policy Forum organizes a high-ranking, informal policy dialogue on current issues of development policy.
Since 1949, CDG programmes have included over 300,000 scholars and professionals from all over the globe. Its programmes provide practical, professional, international and expert experience for young professionals and executives from all over the world, with a focus on developing countries.
InWEnt is a natural fit with ELP's objectives of promoting progressive development of environmental law at international and national levels, providing technical assistance in the field of environment and natural resources management, and promoting expertise and capacity building in these fields. In a collaboration that spanned from 2000 to 2004, the ELC hosted five groups of CDG/InWEnt Fellows, each remaining at the ELC for three months of research writing and experience-based training.
Contact InWEnt/CDG directly:
InWEnt - Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH
Weyerstraße 78-83
50676 Köln
Phone: 0221/2098-0
Fax: 0221/2098-111
Email: info@inwent.org
website: www.inwent.org/en/index.html
InWEnt Fellows 2004
April - June 2004
Marianela Cedeño, Costa Rica
LL.B., La Salle University, San José, Costa Rica
Master degrees in International Relations and Diplomacy, National University, Costa Rica
Transboundary EIA in Meso America
Hafiz Khan, Bangladesh
LL.B. (Hons) and LL.M., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Environment Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Bangladesh
Viviane Ambare Mbgamine, Cameroon
DEUG (Public Law first Graduation), University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Community Forests in Cameroon and the Role of Women
Dana Zhandayeva, Kazakhstan
LL.M. degree, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
InWEnt Fellows 2003
April - June 2003
Angela Ruiz Salazar, Peru
Attorney at Law
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima
Edgar Fernández, Costa Rica
DEA en Droit public général et Droit de l'Environnement (equivalent to LL.M)
Université de Nantes, France
Protection de l'environnement naturel et propriété privée
Sondes Jmaiel, Tunisia
DEA en Droit de l' Environnement (equivalent to LL.M)
Faculté des Sciences Juridique, Politique et Sociales
Tunis/Tunisia
Le mécanisme pour un développement propre
Ronaldo Gutierrez, Philippines
Master of Science, London School of Economics,UK
Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila University - College of Law, Philippines
Zakaria El Brahmi, Morocco
Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
(AIDMO)
CDG Fellows 2002
April - June
Rose Mwebaza, Uganda
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of California/USA
Improving Environmental Procedural Rights
Ketsana Phommachanh, Lao PDR
Deputy Director of the Law Research Center, Vientiane/Lao PDR
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of California/USA
Information Exchange, Notification and Consultation:
The Case of the Mekong Framework Agreement
Georgia Nogueira, Brazil
Law School Degree, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife/Brazil
Conservation and Wise Use of Mangrove Ecosystems:
Legislation in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Claudia Martans, Panama
Attorney at Law
Master of Laws (LL.M), Universidad Internacional de Andalucia/Spain
Implementing the Biosafety Protocol
Banita (Sunny) Pichyakorn, Thailand
Master of Laws (LL.M), King's College University of London/UK
Sustainable Development and International Watercourses:
The Mekong and the Rhine
CDG Fellows 2001
Isabel Martinez, Venezuela
Legal Officer, UNEP, Mexico
November 2000 - January 2001
El Acceso a la justicia ambiental en América Latina durante
la década de los Noventa: Reformas y Desarrollos
(Access to environmental justice in Latin America)
see also Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 43
Dr. Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
November 2000 - January 2001
ISO 14001: Legal challenges for developing countries
see also Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 43
Professor Wang Xi, China
Vice Director of Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China
December 2000 - January 2001
Law and policy of the European Union on greenhouse gases emissions reduction
and their methodological significance to China
see also Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 43
Dr. Ikechi Maduka Chibuzo Mgbeoji, Nigeria
Assistant Professor of Law University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada
November 2000 - January 2001
Patents and plant resources-related knowledge: Towards a regime of
communal patents for plant resources-related knowledge
see also Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 43
Gitahi Gladys Nyokabi, Kenya
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Moi University, Kenya
May - July 2001
Legal tools for conservation in private lands
Larsey Mensah, Ghana
Deputy Director (legal), Ministry of Environment and Science, Ghana
May - July 2001
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a legal tool for environmental
protection and sustainable development: Reflections of the legal framework
on selected African countries
Sisay Entele Teklu, Ethiopia
Legal Officer
February - March 2001
Analysis of recent geral environmental laws
Fellowship Humboldt Foundation
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to 150 research awards annually to foreign scholars whose academic qualifications enjoy international recognition, enabling them to spend prolonged periods on research in Germany. Fellowships may be granted in any discipline, however, the Foundations origins in the natural sciences result in an emphasis in programs addressing natural science and related issues, with particular interest in the Americas. The Foundation's object with its the foreign grants program is to "pay tribute to academic accomplishments and to foster long-term co-operation between foreign and German researchers." Humboldt grant winners spend four to twelve months in Germany, carrying out research projects of their own choosing, in co-operation with specialists at the research institution in which they are hosted.
Contact the Humboldt Foundation directly :
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Jean-Paul-Strasse 12
Bad Godesberg
D-53173 Bonn
Germany
Tel: (++49-228) 833-0
Fax: (++49-228) 833-199
E-mail: select@avh.de
Website: http://www.avh.de
Humboldt Fellow 2001/2002
Dr. Griselda D. Capaldo, Argentina
Professor at the Faculty of Law University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 2001 - July 2002
Juridical diagnosis and prognosis of freshwater conservation
in South America: From the legal weakness to real efficacy
Fellowship Fulbright
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, Scholars and Professionals, and Teachers and Administrators from the U.S. and other countries. It is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries..." The Fulbright Program awards approximately 4,500 new grants annually. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation by the United States Congress. Foreign governments and private organizations contribute through cost-sharing and indirect support, such as salary supplements, tuition waivers, university housing, etc. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.
For further information, contact:
Office of Academic Exchange Programs
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State, SA-44
301 4th Street, S.W., Room 234
Washington, D.C. 20547
Phone: 202/619-4360
Fax: 202/401-5914
Email: academic@pd.state.gov
Fulbright Fellow 2003/2004
Nicole Harkin, USA
Law Student
Pace University, School of Law, White Plains, N.Y.Law Student
September 2003-July 2004
German land use law as it relates to U.S. urban sprawl and energy consumption
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Application criteria
Given the level of requests received by the ELC, a set of criteria for applying for an ELC internship has been prepared and can be downloaded here.
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