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Christopher 颁补尘辫产别濒濒-顿耻谤耻蹿濒茅

Christopher 颁补尘辫产别濒濒-顿耻谤耻蹿濒茅

Assistant Professor
DepartmentLincoln Alexander School of Law
Areas of ExpertiseInternational law, environmental law, human rights, climate law, Inter-American human rights system, sustainable development, international relations

Christopher 颁补尘辫产别濒濒-顿耻谤耻蹿濒茅鈥檚 work focuses on the role of international law in responding to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. He has published on the negotiation of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, appeared before the Senate during the study the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, and supported discrimination and Indigenous rights litigation within the Inter-American system. His current book project develops a framework of state accountability to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps of the Paris Agreement鈥檚 implementation mechanisms.

Prior to joining the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, 颁补尘辫产别濒濒-顿耻谤耻蹿濒茅 was a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He remains affiliated as Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) and member of the editorial team. He completed his doctorate at the University of Toronto, during which he attended five rounds of United Nations climate negotiations and volunteered for the delegation of Burkina Faso. His research was funded, among others, by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

A graduate of McGill University and the University of Notre Dame, 颁补尘辫产别濒濒-顿耻谤耻蹿濒茅 clerked for the former Chief Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (J.J. Michel Robert) and worked at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C. and for Lawyers Without Borders Canada in Colombia. He serves on the legal committee of the , was judge at the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition and provided strategic litigation trainings in Guatemala, Honduras, and Jamaica. His profile is part of the Human Rights Defenders exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.

Encyclopaedia Entries

  • Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (with Jutta Brunne虂e).
  • International Legislation, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (with Jutta Brunne虂e).

Journal Articles

  • "An Epitome of Modern Environmentalism: Canada鈥檚 Contribution to the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change" (2025) PKI Global Justice Journal (accepted).
  • "The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act: A Tepid Response to the Paris Agreement" (2023) 56:2 UBC Law Review 339.
  • "Mainstreaming 'One Health' in the Inter-American Human Right System鈥檚 Pandemic Actions" (2023) 48:1 University of Dayton Law Review 18.
  • "Enhancing Climate Adaptation through the Paris Agreement Market Approaches: Opportunities for COP 25 and Beyond" (2019) 13:3 Carbon & Climate Law Review 183.
  • "Clouds or Sunshine in Katowice? Transparency in the Paris Agreement Rulebook" (2018) 12:3 Carbon & Climate Law Review 209.
  • "The Inter-American Court鈥檚 Environment and Human Rights Advisory Opinion: Implications for International Climate Law" (2018) 8 Climate Law 321 (with Sumudu Anopama Atapattu).
  • "Accountability or Accounting? Elaboration of the Paris Agreement鈥檚 Implementation and Compliance Committee at COP 23" (2018) 8:1-2 Climate Law 1.

Chapters

  • "Interrogating Municipal Climate Emergency Declarations from a Climate Justice Perspective" in Sumudu Atapattu, Freya Doughty, En茅as Xavier de Oliveira Jr., eds, The Fourth Environmental Era: Climate Justice (Vernon Press, 2025).
  • "Submitting Mandatory Reports under the Paris Agreement Transparency Framework" in Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger & Christina Voigt, eds, Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance: Courage, Contributions and Compliance (Routledge, 2025). (with Raul Reyes Salas).
  • "A Legal Standard for Ambitious State Mitigation Efforts, in Theory and in Reality" in Alexander Zahar, ed, Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024).
  • "The Significant Transboundary Harm Prevention Rule and Climate Change: One-Size-Fits-All or One Size Fits None?" in Benoi虃t Mayer & Alexander Zahar, eds, Debating Climate Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
  • "All On the Same Train: Bringing the Paris Agreement Home" in Catriona Sandilands, ed, Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times (Caitlin Press, 2019).
  • "L鈥檃pproche interactionnelle du droit international" in St茅phane Bernatchez & Louise Lalonde, eds, Approches et fondements du droit (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2019). (with H茅l猫ne Mayrand).

Briefs and Working Papers

  • Brief presented to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada During the Consultations on the Development of the Implementation Framework for a Right to a Healthy Environment, Quebec Center for Environmental Law, 2024
  • Submission to the Federal Government of Canada鈥檚 Public Engagement on the 2035 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, 2024.
  • Amicus Curiae Brief, Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 2023. (with Bernard Duhaime, Charlie-Ann Bouchard-Larouche and Elaheh Sajadi)
  • Submission to the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee Regarding its Draft Rules of Procedure, C-EENRG, 2022. 
  • Witness Testimony Presented to the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources of the Senate of Canada, Consultations on Bill C-12 - Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, Quebec Center for Environmental Law, 2021. 
  • Brief Presented to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of the House of Commons of Canada, Consultations on Bill C-12 - Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, Quebec Center for Environmental Law, 2021.
  • Dean鈥檚 Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, 2024
  • Professor of the Year Award, Lincoln Alexander Law Students鈥� Society (LALSS), 2024
  • Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program, 2024
  • Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2023
  • Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), 2021 

S.J.D., University of Toronto, 2021

LL.M. (summa cum laude), University of Notre Dame, 2014

B.C.L./LL.B., McGill University, 2009