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Environmental Law Programme - Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Judges

Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Judges

UNEP established an Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Judges representative of the different regions and legal systems to advise UNEP in the development and implementation of this programme of work especially in regard to the training and capacity of judicial officers. The composition of the Advisory Group is changing in the course of the programme. In its initial stage the Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Judges comprised the following:

Chair:
  • Hon. Justice A. Chaskalson, Chief Justice of South Africa
Members:
  • Hon. Justice Barnabas A. Samatta, Chief Justice of Tanzania
  • Hon. Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr., Chief Justice of the Philippines
  • Hon. Justice Guy Canivet, President of the Court de Cassation of France
  • Hon. Justice Vyacheslav M. Lebedev, Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
  • Hon. Justice Falefatu M. Sapolu, Chief Justice of Samoa
  • Hon. Justice Adel Omar Sherif, Deputy Chief Justice of Egypt
  • Hon. Justice Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge Emeritius, United States Court of Appeal
  • Hon. Justice Vladimir Passos de Freitas, Federal Judge at the Court of Appeal of Brazil
  • Hon. Justice Paul L. Stein Am, Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal and Judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court.

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