Dr Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH

Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh is Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden University) and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law at the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (University of the South Pacific). Her research broadly speaking focuses on the role of law in promoting sustainable development. She serves as the Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment's Deputy Director (Europe) and co-leads the IUCN WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group project ‘Judicial Handbook on Climate Litigation’ (with Sarah Mead), which identifies emerging best practice from around the world in the adjudication of climate change. She is also an Attorney at Blue Ocean Law, a boutique international law firm based in Guam that specialises in human and indigenous rights, self-determination and environmental justice.