Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, Ex-Officio and Institutional Board Member
Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina. President of the Commission that drafted the current Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation. Founding member and member of the Interim Governing Committee the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment. President of the International Advisory Council for the Advancement of Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Member of the Environmental Commission of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit. Goodwill Ambassador for Environmental Justice of the Organization of American States (OAS). Member of the Steering Committee of the World Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-WCEL), Director of the Environmental Law Specialization, University of Buenos Aires, and of the specialization in civil responsibility of the University of Buenos Aires. Recognized by the Institute "Law for a Green Planet" of Brazil, for his work in environmental law. Venera "Ius Ambiens-Lumen Orbis", awarded by the World League of Environmental Lawyers in Mexico. Received the "Academic Merit" Distinction from National Autonomous University of Mexico, Faculty of Law, for his transcendental contributions to the development of environmental law. Author of a number of books and articles on environmental matters. His latest book "Environmental Law" has been published in Argentina, United States, Spain, Italy, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama.
Key Areas of Expertise: Rule of Law, constitutional law, human rights, foundations of environmental law and sustainability, civil and commercial law, consumer rights.
Skills: Internationalist, implementation theories.
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese (trilingual).