About

Lecturer in Environmental Law ,
University of the South Pacific, School of Law

Summary

Dr. Margaretha Wewerinke has a broad range of experience related to human rights, climate change and sustainable development. She has advised governments and NGOs on questions of international law at climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and in relation to potential legal claims related to loss and damage caused by climate change. She designed and taught a 10-day capacity building workshop on the added value of a human rights approach to climate change for Pacific Island states at the University of the South Pacific's PaCE-SD in Suva, Fiji in 2011 and is now teaching International Climate Change Law and Regional Environmental Law at the Emalus Campus of USP in Vanuatu. Her consultancy and capacity building work has focused on using domestic courts as well as international mechanisms - such as the UN Human Rights Council - to raise concerns related to climate change and its adverse effects on the enjoyment of human rights.

Qualifications and credentials
PhD in Law, 2010 - 2015, Completed, European University Institute
Graduate LLB, 2013 - 2014, Completed, Kaplan Law School
LLM, 2010 - 2011, Completed, European University Institute
European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, 2007 - 2008, Completed, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation
Bachelor of Science in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies, 2004 - 2007, Completed, Radboud University
Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London, United Kingdom, Barrister, 2012 - present
International Law Association, Member, 2010 - present
English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Dutch, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
French, Good, Average, Good, Average
Good, Good, Average, Average, Good
Bislama, Average, Average, Average, Average
Work experience
Gender mainstreaming
Legal specialist (climate change/environmental law/MEAs)
Environmental and social safeguards specialist
Human rights mainstreaming
University of the South Pacific, Lecturer in Environmental Law, Port Vila, Vanuatu
European University Institute, Researcher, Florence, Italy
Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Affiliate, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Various, Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland
European Commission, EU-UN Fellow, Geneva, Switzerland
Human Rights Law Network, Litigation Fellow, New Delhi, India
Kimasa Primary School/ Diocese of Jinja, Teacher/ Social Worker, Jinja, Uganda
Human Rights and Climate Change, Greenpeace Asia-Pacific, Consultant, Port Vila, Vanuatu, - Confidential legal advice - A briefing paper on Human Rights and Climate Change in Pacific Island States - An expert presentation on legal avenues f
Publications
The Role of the UN Human Rights Council in Addressing Climate Change, Human Rights and International Legal Discourse, http://www.jurisquare.com/fr/journal/hrild/index.html
A Right to Enjoy Culture: Implications for Climate Migrants, Cambridge Centre for Governance and Human Rights, http://be.4cmr.group.cam.ac.uk/working-papers/pdf/4CMR_WP_07.pdf
Exploring the Legal Basis of a Human Rights Approach to Climate Change, Chinese Journal of International Law, http://chinesejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/1/141.full
Climate Change: UN Human Rights Committee Ad hoc Conciliation Commission (Book Chapter), Routledge, http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415858113/