Alexandra Harrington
Dr Alexandra R. Harrington is a Visiting Scholar at the McGill University Faculty of Law and Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Agreement on Plastic Pollution Task Force. She is a legal delegate for the IUCN at the Global Plastics Treaty, where she also advises and represents several West African countries, as well as for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, SAICM and the Global Framework on Chemicals, Minamata Convention on Mercury, the OEWG process for the creation of a Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention, and various UNEP consultations relating to all forms of pollution. Dr Harrington’s expetise includes international organisations, environmental and sustainable law, corporate social responsibility, transitional justice and treaty regimes.
Dr Harrington is one of 25 Appointed Experts for the UNEP/WHO Expert Group on updating the State of the Science Report on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and an Appointed Member of International Academy of Astronautics Study Group to Investigate a Transdisciplinary Approach to Protect the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference.
She has held two Fulbright terms in Canada at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, focusing on global governance issues, including the 2018 – 2019 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance. She is the Director of Studies for the International Law Association of Colombia and sits on the editorial boards of multiple academic publications. She is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Global Governance and Emerging Law.
Dr Harrington is the author several books, including International Organizations and the Law (1st edition 2018, 2nd edition 2023), International Law and Global Governance: Treaty Regimes and Sustainable Development Goals Interpretation, Just Transitions and the Future of Law and Regulation, and The Future of Peace: Incorporation of Intergenerational Equity and Justice in Peace Treaties and Reconciliation Agreements.
She routinely advises international organizations and governments on legal issues relating to climate change, governance issues, environmental law, sustainable development and international human rights law. She holds a Doctorate of Civil Law (McGill University Faculty of Law), in addition to a JD, LL.M. and BA degrees in Politics and History.
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