Assembly of Judges
The judges of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal hearings are personalities among which many have a direct connection to or defend the threatened ecosystems that are part of their cosmology or traditional knowledge. The diversity and interdisciplinarity of these panels stem from the varied backgrounds of the judges, who are eminent academics, practitioners, activists, lawyers and jurists. Here, you can explore the esteemed panels of judges from past Tribunals. They are organized according to the type of tribunal international-regional-local, and chronologically.
Collectively, these judges form the International Rights of Nature Judges Assembly, the decision-making body of the Tribunal. They collaboratively decide on future hearings, panels, and interventions of the Tribunal and provide strategic guidance to its initiatives.
Quito Tribunal Quito Tribunal 2014
Blanca Chancoso
Judge
Julio César Trujillo
Judge
Cormac Cullinan
Judge
Enrique Viale
Judge
Ramiro Ávila
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Glasgow Tribunal 2021
Leonardo Boff
President of the Tribunal
Alberto Acosta
Judge
Carolyn Raffensperger
Judge
Lisa Mead
Judge
Yaku Peréz
Judge
Enrique Viale
Judge
Osprey Orielle Lake
Judge
Rocío Silva-Santisteban
Judge
Atossa Soltani
Judge
Nimmo Bassey
Judge
Nancy Yáñez
Judge
Princess Esmeralda
Judge
Pablo Solón
Earth Prosecutor
Julio Prieto
Earth Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Europe Tribunal 2021
Cormac Cullinan
President of the Tribunal
Lisa Mead
Judge
Richard Falk
Judge
Valérie Cabanes
Judge
Tom Goldtooth
Judge
Rebecka Le Moine
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Co-Secretariat
Camille Bouko-levy
Co-Secretariat
Olivia Gervais
Co-Secretariat
Chile Tribunal 2019
Yaku Pérez Guartambel
President of the Tribunal
Alberto Acosta
Judge
Antonio Elizalde
Judge
Maristella Svampa
Judge
Nancy Yañez
Judge
Raúl David Sohr Biss
Judge
Enrique Viale
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Bonn Tribunal 2017
Tom Goldtooth
President of the Tribunal
Shannon Biggs
Judge
Osprey Orielle Lake
Judge
Cormac Cullinan
Judge
Alberto Acosta
Judge
Simona Feudatario
Judge
Fernando Pino Solanas
Judge
Ute Koczy
Judge
Ruth Nyambura
Judge
Ramiro Ávila
Prosecutor
Linda Sheehan
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Paris Tribunal 2015
Cormac Cullinan
President of the Tribunal
Tom Goldtooth
Judge
Nnimmo Bassey
Judge
Osprey Orielle Lake
Judge
Alberto Acosta
Judge
Ruth Nyambura
Judge
Philippe Desbrosses
Judge
Felicio Pontes
Judge
Terisa Turner
Judge
Atossa Soltani
Judge
Damien Short
Honorary Judge
Dominique Bourg
Honorary Judge
Ramiro Ávila
Prosecutor
Linda Sheehan
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Edgardo Lander
Secretariat Advisor
Enrique Viale
Secretariat Advisor
Thomas Coutrot
Secretariat Advisor
Lima Tribunal 2014
Alberto Acosta
President of the Tribunal
Tom Goldtooth
Judge
Raúl Prada Alcoreza
Judge
Hugo Blanco
Judge
Tantoo Cardinal
Judge
François Houtart
Judge
Blanca Chancoso
Judge
Osprey Orielle Lake
Judge
Veronika Mendoza
Judge
Edgardo Lander
Judge
Atossa Soltani
Judge
Rocío Silva Santisteban
Judge
Terisa Turner
Judge
Ramiro Ávila
Prosecutor
Natalia Greene
Secretariat
Tipnis Tribunal 2014
Antoni Pigrau
Judge
Arturo Escobar
Judge
Ashish Kothari
Judge
Casey Camp Horinek
Judge
Enrique Leff
Judge
Francesco Martone
Judge
Horacio Machado Aráoz
Judge
Mario Melo
Judge
Enrique Viale
Judge
Rita Segato
Prosecutor
Regional Tribunals
(Chiquitanía-Bolivia, Lake Vättern-Sweden, Rio Dolce-Brazil, Yasuni-Ecuador, Great Barrier Reef-Australia, Chevron and Delta Ecosystem-San Francisco USA)
Ariruma Kowii
Judge (Yasuni)
Patricia Gualinga
Judge (Chiquitania)
George Caffenzis
Judge (Yasuni)
Steffan Mikaelsson
Judge (Vättern)
Lorenzo Muelas
Judge (Yasuní)
Anuradha Mittal
Judge (Yasuní)
Pennie Opal Plant
Judge (San Francisco Bay)
Liz Hosken
Judge (San Francisco Bay)
Tim Stroshane
Judge (San Francisco Bay)