Ms. Christine Frison, LL.M. (Lyon I, International and Trade Law), LL.M. in (Brussels, Public International Law), LL.B. (Montpellier I), B.A. (Montpellier III, English and Italian), Dip. (Lyon I, American Law), Dip. (Nottingham Trent, English Law), is a legal research fellow with the CISDL. During her studies, she completed an internship at the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Rome) as well as at the International Development Law Organization (Rome). These internships increased her interest for sustainable development and biodiversity issues and lead her to conduct research on the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. She is currently writing an article on the subject to be published by the Revue Belge de Droit International 2005-I. Other research interests include International Trade Law, especially use of the WTO dispute settlement system by developing countries. She is working on the Biosafety Law project of CISDL to design regulatory assessment tools, and assist francophone countries in developing national laws in the area of biosafety, in order to implement the Cartagena Protocol. She is fluent in French, English and Italian with a notion of German and Spanish.