Alvin Gachie is a law professional with key strengths and experience in technical legal assistance, legal analysis, project management, and both establishing and managing partnerships with ...
IUCN COMMISSION GROUP
IUCN WCEL Early Career Specialist Group
Group leadership
Mr Alvin GACHIE
Chair
Alvin Gachie is a law professional with key strengths and experience in technical legal assistance, legal analysis, project management, and both establishing and managing partnerships with stakeholders. With over 10 years of experience of working in the United Nations system (UN Environment Programme – UNEP, UN Human Rights - OHCHR), in international civil society (Amnesty International, ActionAid) and in the private sector, Alvin has sound knowledge of various global political and social issues including environmental law, policy, and governance, human rights, and humanitarian action. He seeks to meet the needs of people and communities for a better world. You can contact him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvingachie
Ms RIA DAS
Deputy Chair
Ria Das is a human rights lawyer and early career researcher based in India. Her work areas are anti corruption, human rights, illegal detention, juvenile justice, and environmental crimes. She is also IUCN’s Early Career Environmental Law Specialist Group co- lead for ‘Networks and Partnerships’.
She is presently serving as a youth advisor to prestigious international organisations including UN's Youth Advisor on Environmental and Climate Justice in the Asia-Pacific region; Jane Goodall Institute India, and National Rapporteur for Sabin Centre on Climate Change Litigation Columbia Law School, New York.
Her research interest and published work in leading peer-reviewed journals, including including Oxford University, Berkeley university, University of Southampton, and European Union that forms a coherent body reflecting the thematic issues including access to climate justice, youth rights, climate litigation and environmental crimes.
Ria Das is a human rights lawyer and early career researcher based in India. Her work areas are anti corruption, human rights, illegal detention, juvenile justice, and environmental crimes. She is ...
About the Specialist Group
The purpose of the IUCN WCEL Early-Career Specialist Group (ECSG) is to foster relationships among early-career environmental law professionals and encourage their participation in the activities and mission of the Commission, in line with the 2021-2024 mandate of the World Commission on Environmental Law and the 2021–2024 IUCN Programme.
The ECSG is focused on achieving three overarching goals:
- Provide next-generation, cutting-edge perspectives in environmental law to the World Commission on Environmental Law and the broader IUCN Programme.
- Provide a cross-cutting platform for the next generation of lawyers, policymakers, decision-makers, and scholars to exchange information and ideas on emerging and interdisciplinary topics in environmental law and meaningfully engage in environmental law research and practice.
- Promote innovative environmental law solutions to tackle the socio-ecological crisis, fostering intergenerational partnerships.
Our members
'Early-career' can be defined as "35 years or younger or within five years of completing a postgraduate degree in law or ten years or less since completing an undergraduate degree in law." Nonetheless, all World Commission on Environmental Law and broader IUCN community members are welcome to engage in and contribute to the ECSG's activities.
ECSG members include leading early-career professionals working across all environmental law fields, from biodiversity to climate change law. The ECSG seeks to leverage its members' expertise by developing projects focused on emerging environmental law topics
Workstreams
The ECSG activities for 2022-2024 are developed under four core projects, namely:
- Next-generation environmental law research
Project co-leads: Ms. Elisa Fiorini Beckhauser ([email protected]) and Ms. Valeriana Augusta Broetto ([email protected]) - World Commission on Environmental Law Mentorship Programme
Project co-leads: Ms. Ishwarya Kandasamy ([email protected]) and Ms. Jiya Matharani ([email protected]) (Former lead: Ms. Larissa Jane Houston) - Networks and partnerships for the future of environmental law
Project co-leads: Ms. Ria Das ([email protected]) and Mr. Edwin Alblas ([email protected]) (Former leads: Mr. Patrick Toussaint, Ms. Camille Loyer, Mr. Mr. Adrián Martínez Blanco) - Science-policy Interfaces in the context of environmental rule of law
Project lead: Ms. Paula Silveira Galbiatti ([email protected])
Are you interested in contributing to our activities?
We invite you to create a new account in the IUCN Commissions Membership portal, log in, and apply to become a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law. Please indicate in your application form that you would like to join the “WCEL Early Career Network,” even if you received your law degree more than five years ago. Similarly, please indicate your interest in joining the group in the “brief outline” section. Click here for a general video on how to apply. We are eager to welcome you to the ECSG!
Check out our "get involved” page to learn about WCEL membership. Please do not hesitate to write to us should you have any questions!