Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy
The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is granted annually by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and recognizes exceptional accomplishments in the field of environmental law and diplomacy. It is the most prestigious award of its kind.
A jury comprised of eminent leaders in the field of environmental law and diplomacy is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Award which is conferred each Spring.
Call for Nominations
The Dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University invites nominations for consideration by the Jury for the 2020 Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy.
A nomination for the Award may be submitted by any institution, international organization, diplomat, or any other person qualified in the field of environmental law and policy, including former lauerates. Members of the Jury may also initiate nominations for the Award. Nominations may be submitted for an individual or for a governmental or intergovernmental organization, or for an indigenous peoples organization, or for a non-governmental organization.
A jury comprised of eminent leaders in the field of environmental law and diplomacy is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Award which will be conferred in spring 2020.
Nominations should be sent to the Elisabeth Haub Award Jury, c/o Narinder Kakar, Secretary of the Jury, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, New York 10603 USA (if post marked before 5:00 p.m. or 1700 hours Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, 1 November 2019, or via email to EHAwardNominations@law.pace.edu.
Nominations should include any relevant information that can inform the jury’s selection of the Laureate. In the case of individual candidates, nominations must be accompanied by a curriculum vitae which includes information on all the activities and publications of the candidate in the area of environmental law and diplomacy.
Criteria for the Award
The Award may be granted for any of the following accomplishments:
- Contributions which have generally led to the progressive development of environmental law and policy;
- Particular practical success in specific instances as well as initiatives leading to a new idea or concept in the field of environmental law and policy of one or several countries.
The jury will convene to select the 2020 laureate and then a public announcement of the selection will follow.
2020 Award Jury Members
Dr. Grethel Aguilar, Acting Director General, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Horace Anderson, Dean, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Jonas Ebbesson, Professor of Environmental Law and Director Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University
Liliane Haub, Environmental Advocate and Pace University Board of Trustees Member
Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Founding Research Director of International Environmental Law Research Centre, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Nairobi
Rose Lesley Kautoke, Senior Advisor, Permanent Mission of Tonga to the UN
Katrina Fischer Kuh, Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Director, Law Division United Nations Environment Programme
Smita Narula, Haub Distinguished Professor of International Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Tianbao Qin, Luojia Professor of Law, Wuhan University
Nicholas A. Robinson, Executive Governor, International Council of Environmental Law, University Professor on the Environment and Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law Emeritus
Dr. Rômulo Sampaio, Partner, Reis & Sampaio LLP
Past Laureates
| 2018 | Stephen C. McCaffrey (USA) As Special Rapporteur of the UN Convention on International Water Courses and Sustained Leadership Building International Environmental Law |
| 2017 | Reinhard Josef Krapp (Germany) For exceptional and sustained commitment to advancing multilateral policy to further sustainable development and environmental values globally |
| 2016 | Christiana Figueres (Costa Rica) In Recognition of her Remarkable Diplomatic Achievements as the Architect of the Paris Climate Accords |
| 2015 | Antonio Herman Benjamin (Brazil) Luis Alberto Figueiredo (Brazil) For his service to biodiversity when he served as Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2014 | Richard Macrory (United Kingdom) |
| 2013 | Marc Pallemaerts (Belgium) |
| 2012 | Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi For Sustained and Innovative Leadership Establishing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
| 2012 | Koh Kheng Lian (Singapore) |
| 2011 | Alan Boyle (Scotland) |
| 2010 | Biliana Cicin-Sain For her outstanding contributions to the international efforts to preserve the world’s oceans and several international agreements related to them |
| 2009 | Julio Barboza For his outstanding service to international environmental governance Donald Kaniaru (Kenya) |
| 2008 | Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Switzerland) Hilario G. Davide, Jr. (Philippines) For his exceptional leadership in building consensus for the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly |
| 2007 | Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin (Belgium) David Freestone (United Kingdom) Mohamed A. Sahnoun (Algeria) For His Role in the Negotiation of Agreements Crucial to Sustainable Development |
| 2006 | Dinah Shelton (USA) Thomas A. Mensah (Ghana) Klaus Töpfer (Germany) For excellence in leading UNEP and advancing global environmental stewardship |
| 2005 | James MacNeill (Canada) For facilitating “Our Common Future” leading the United Nations to convene the 1992 Earth Summit Phillippe Sands (United Kingdom) |
| 2004 | Mohamed El-Ashry (Egypt) In recognition of his extraordinary service to the Global Environment Fund Ramón Ojeda Mestre (Mexico) |
| 2003 | Peter H. Sand (Germany) |
| 2002 | Askar Akaev (Kyrgyzstan) For initiating and inspiring the United Nations Year of the Mountains Mohamed Ali Mekouar (Morocco) |
| 2001 | Bagher Asadi (Iran) For distinguished accomplishments in securing developing Nations’ support for UNEP, the Kyoto Protocol and establishment of the United Nations Forest Forum Ludwig Krämer (Germany) |
| 2000 | Veit Koester (Denmark) For extraordinary contributions to negotiation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other multilateral environmental agreements Akio Morishima (Japan) Tuiloma Neroni Slade (Samoa) For inspired leadership of the United Nations Initiative for Small Island Developing States |
| 1999 | Johan Gerrit Lammers (Netherlands) Bo John Kjellen (Sweden) For distinguished service leading negotiations of the Convention on Desertification< Tan Sri Razali Ismail (Malaysia) For his initiatives in the Special Sessions of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development with positive participation by Civil Society |
| 1998 | Parvez Hassan (Pakistan) |
| 1997 | Günther Handl (Austria) |
| 1996 | Tommy Thong-Bee Koh (Singapore) |
| 1995 | Patrick Széll (United Kingdom) |
| 1994 | Edith Brown-Weiss (USA) |
| 1993 | Winfried Lang (Austria) |
| 1992 | Nicholas A. Robinson (USA) |
| 1991 | Hubert Bocken (Belgium) |
| 1990 | Andronico Oduogo Adede (Kenya) |
| 1989 | Zdenek Madar (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1988 | Cyrille de Klemm (France) |
| 1987 | Reinhard Ganten (Germany) |
| 1986 | Michael Bothe (Germany) |
| 1985 | Paulo Affonso Leme Machado (Brazil) |
| 1984 | Charles Okidi (Kenya) |
| 1983 | Heribert Rausch (Switzerland) |
| 1982 | Louis-Paul Suetens (Belgium) |
| 1981 | Mateo J. Magarinos de Mello (Uruguay) |
| 1980 | Russell Train (USA) |
| 1979 | Alexandre-Charles Kiss (Hungary) Oleg Stepanovitch Kolbasov (USSR) |
| 1978 | Guillermo Cano (Germany) Eckhard Rehbinder (Argentina) |
| 1977 | Joseph L. Sax (USA) Henri Smets (Belgium) |
| 1976 | Jacques Hoeffler (Belgium) Michel Prieur (France) |
| 1975 | Wolfgang Burhenne (Germany) Waclaw Brzezinski (Poland) Michel Despax (France) |
| 1974 | Michel Carpentier (France) Jean-Paul Harroy (Belgium) Jean Lamarque (France) |