The CISDL’s Annual International Legal Specialist Awards recognize the outstanding contributions of recipients to key topics in international law which contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including climate change, human rights, biodiversity, trade and investment, peace, justice and governance, natural resources and health. Through their knowledge, professional skills and insights, recipients of the CISDL International Legal Specialist Awards demonstrate a serious, significant longstanding commitment to advancing peace, justice and sustainable development in the world.
Biodiversity & Biosafety Programme
Prof Robert Kibugi 
Prof Robert Kibugi is a lecturer in law at the University of Nairobi’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and School of Law, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Legal Advisor and Consultant to the Government of Kenya and Legal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
Natural Resources Programme
Dr. Hasrat Arjjumend
Dr. Hasrat Arjjumend is a Mitacs Elevate Fellow at the University of Montreal, and Associate Professor at Ethiopia Civil Service University, Laureate of the UNESCO-Wenhui Award and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
Climate Change Programme
Adv Magdalena Stryja
Adv Magdalena Stryja of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Head of Science and Development Committee of the Katowice Bar Association and Legal Fellow at CISDL.
Trade, Investment & Finance Programme
Adv Sean Stephenson 
Adv Sean Stephenson is an Associate with Appleton & Associates and Dentons, Treaties Editor for the Canadian Bar Association’s “Canadian International Lawyer” Law Journal and Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
Human Rights Programme
Adv Amanda Kron 
Adv Amanda Kron is an Associate Expert in Climate Change and Environment with the United Nations Human Rights Programme, Former Legal Advisor and Project Coordinator for Climate Change and Security, Crisis Management Branch at the United Nations.
Peace, Justice & Governance Programme
Prof Sara Seck
Prof Sara Seck is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, Editorial Board Member of the New Business and Human Right Journal, as well as a Member of the Governance Committee of Columbia University’s Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum and Former Senior Fellow at the International Law Research Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Health Law Programme
Adv Cairo Robb
Adv Cairo Robb is a Freelance Legal Editor and Researcher, Legal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Former Research Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and Policy Advisor at the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Legal Specialist Award Recipients 2019
