I am a Guyanese-Barbadian environmental, energy & human rights lawyer, academic, and natural resources specialist. Currently, I lecture in International Environmental & Energy Law, and am the Head of the recently formed Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit (ELOG&CJ Unit) of the Faculty of Law. I am also a Co-Investigator and a Member of the Executive Team of the UKRI GCRF-funded One Ocean Hub, and serve as the Regional Deputy Director of the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment for the Caribbean Region.
My specialisations are in international, regional (CARICOM & OECS) and comparative marine environmental law, climate law, international human rights law, the law of the blue economy and international energy law. Within these areas, I have increasingly incorporated into my research a focus on human rights, in particular the rights of minority groups, children, and youth to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment; business & human rights; human rights approaches to international investment law, and climate justice.
Experience
2011–present
Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
–present
Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
2011–present
Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
2005–2008
Lecturer, The University of Guyana
2005–2008
Director, Environmental Management Division of the Environmental Protection Agency of Guyana
Education
2025
The University of the West Indies , Ph.D. in Law
2013
Dalhousie University , LL.M. Marine & Environmental Law
2004
The University of Guyana, LL.B. (Hons)
2001
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña , MSc Terrestrial & Coastal Zone Management
1999
The University of Guyana , BSc (Environmental Science/Geography)
Grants and Contracts
2019
United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (Grant Ref: NE/S008950/1)