Keynote SPEAKERS
Natalia Kobylarz works as a Senior Lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. In 2016 she was seconded to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as adviser on the European human rights jurisprudence. In parallel to her job at the ECtHR, she teaches international human rights protection and environmental human rights, among other universities, at the Strasbourg University UNISTRA. She is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment and a Co-Editor of Springer Law Book Series: Global Perspectives on Law and the Environment.
She holds an LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, United States, a Master 2 degree in Environmental Law from the Strasbourg University in France, a Master of Law degree from the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, Poland and a BPREA (Farmer’s Degree) in France. She speaks and publishes in Polish, English, French and Spanish.
Sanja Bogojević is Fellow and Professor of Law at Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. Her research is widely on the intersection of markets, environmental problems, and law.
She is General Editor of the Journal of Environmental Law, and a member of the Avosetta group of EU environmental law experts. Bogojević currently serves the Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
SPEAKERS
Ana Dangova Hug is a lawyer whose work spans litigation, compliance, and policy development. As a practicing attorney, she has represented clients before national courts and international bodies, including in applications before the European Court of Human Rights. Her practice is grounded in a commitment to accountability, access to justice, and the protection of fundamental rights.
Ana is also recognized for her contributions to the development of business and human rights in North Macedonia, earning distinctions from the UN Global Compact network.
She holds degrees from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, along with advanced certifications from the University of Zurich and the London School of Economics. She is a member of the Bar Association of North Macedonia. She currently works as a Head of Compliance and Risk Manager at TSM Insurance Company in Switzerland.
Michaela Krömer is an Austrian attorney-at-law based in Vienna, specialising in climate, environmental and constitutional law. Widely regarded as Austria’s leading climate lawyer, she brought the country’s first climate lawsuits before both the Austrian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights (Müllner v Austria), including cases filed on behalf of children.
She is the founder of CLAW – Initiative for Climate Law, and serves on the University Council of BOKU University in Vienna and on the Regulatory Commission of E-Control, Austria’s energy regulator. In 2021 she received the Human Rights Prize of the Austrian League for Human Rights.
Luka Štrubelj is a climate and environmental law specialist at PIC – Legal Center for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment in Ljubljana. He advises individuals and civil society through Zagovorniki okolja, manages EU climate-law projects, and litigates strategic environmental cases.
His practice and research focus on EU and Slovenian climate governance, carbon dioxide removal, carbon removal certification, MRV, state aid, corporate sustainability due diligence and environmental rights. Formerly at Oxford, he has worked with government, private-sector and civil-society stakeholders, and publishes regularly on emerging climate regulation and law.
Environmental lawyer and legal advisor for environmental and public interest law (related policy and framework), environmental litigation, human rights protection and just energy transition.
Advocate of environmental democracy, climate and social justice, sustainable development and fair governance. Avid cyclist, outdoor enthusiast, escapist. LLM candidate at Jean Monnet Chair in European Environmental and Climate Change Law at Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
Bojan Trpevski is a lawyer who works at the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association since 2016. Since his engagement in MYLA he has worked on human rights protection and promotion through identifying and working on strategic litigation cases. Since 2019 he has worked more closely on environmental protection issues by providing free legal aid to environmental CSOs and activists and identifying cases where human rights are violated by environmental degradation.
He has been included in policy work (drafting by-laws, following and commenting on environmental legislation) and improving enforcement on national and international environmental legislation through engaging with national legal mechanisms. He is inspired from the work of the ECtHR on human rights protection and is devoted to advance rule of law in the field of environment.
Lucia Posteraro is the Climate and Environment Consultant for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). She has been working on just transition and fossil fuel phaseout matters, including at the UN level, and on the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment at the Council of Europe.
She has also previously worked in the media field, within EU institutions, and in the communications sector for multiple non-governmental organisations. She holds a Master’s degree in human rights from Sciences Po with a specialisation in gender equality.
Dr Ivano Alogna is Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London, where he leads the Institute’s programme in this field and directs the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation, a major international initiative advancing comparative research and practical resources on climate litigation worldwide. He is also Senior Associate Scientist at the CMCC Foundation in Milan and Co-Lead of the Climate Litigation Cluster within the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
A qualified lawyer at the Milan Bar, Dr Alogna is Adjunct Professor in environmental and climate law at leading European institutions, including Sorbonne Law School (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Bologna Business School (University of Bologna). His research focuses on climate litigation, corporate accountability, comparative environmental law, and the interface between climate science and legal systems. He has published extensively and co-edited several leading volumes on climate change litigation in Europe and globally.
Judith Bauder is a PhD Researcher in International Law at the EUI Law Department. In her doctoral thesis, she analyses “Corporations’ engagement with human rights and environmental obligations in their due diligence.” She advises different stakeholders on implementing the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Before joining the EUI, she worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Section for International Law and International Relations at the University of Vienna, where she co-authored the monograph “Women’s Property Rights under CEDAW” (OUP, 2024).
She gained professional experience in international organisations, international human rights law clinics, NGOs, and in the court system. She holds degrees in law and political sciences from the University of Vienna, with exchanges at the Université Panthéon-Assas and the University of Melbourne. In her post-graduate studies, Judith completed an LL.M. in International Legal Studies at NYU School of Law as a Fulbright scholar and an LL.M in Comparative, European and International Laws at the European University Institute.
Robin Roels is Coordinator at the EU Raw Materials Coalition and Senior Policy Officer for Raw Materials at the European Environmental Bureau. His work focuses on shaping EU raw materials policies that uphold environmental protection, human rights and resource justice.
He coordinates civil society engagement on mining, circularity and demand reduction, with particular attention to water impacts, corporate accountability and the rights of communities affected by extraction.
Milija Čabarkapa is the Executive Director of the NGO Eko-tim from Montenegro. His work focuses on nature conservation, climate and energy policy, and public participation in environmental decision-making.
He is actively involved in initiatives aimed at protecting rivers and establishing new protected areas in Montenegro, through cooperation with local communities, institutions, civil society organisations, and international partners. His experience includes public advocacy, stakeholder coordination, and support for the establishment and management of protected areas. He is particularly committed to connecting nature conservation with the needs of local communities and ensuring their meaningful involvement in conservation processes.
Carlo Mazzoleni is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) at the University of Padua, working within the project PersoNa – Personal Narratives in Climate Litigation.
He obtained his PhD in International Law from the University of Rome Sapienza, defending a dissertation on transnational civil litigation against corporate actors for business-related human rights abuses. His main research interests include international human rights law and environmental law, with a focus on access to justice and effective judicial remedies. Within the PersoNa project, he works on the legal analysis of climate cases with a view to explore the legal relevance of personal narratives and in particular their evidentiary value.
Sara Tuševljak is an environmental activist from East Sarajevo and the President of the “Kasindolska Rijeka” Association.For more than six years, she has been working on the protection of rivers and natural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, advocating for the participation of local communities in decision-making on natural resources, institutional transparency, and citizens’ right to a healthy environment.
At the forefront of the efforts to protect the Kasindolska River, Sara has worked for years to safeguard the river and oppose the construction of small hydropower plants. Through this work, she has collaborated directly with the local community, institutions, and experts, building a campaign that has grown beyond the local level. Today, she also directs her experience and energy towards broader campaigns to protect rivers and valuable natural areas across Bosnia and Herzegovina.In 2026, Sara served as Co-Chair and Co-Rapporteur of the First European Forum of Environmental Human Rights Defenders, held in Strasbourg, where she helped bring together environmental defenders and representatives of European institutions around issues of nature protection and the safety of those who defend it.
Daan van Uhm is Professor of Environmental Crime and Associate Professor of Criminology (Open University/Utrecht University). He has conducted research on various forms of environmental crime, including illegal mining in Latin America, wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia, deforestation in Central Africa, and the criminalization of ecocide in Europe.
Reinhold Gallmetzer is an Appeals Counsel and Focal Point for environmental crimes at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He co-drafted the Office’s policy on environmental crimes and coordinate efforts to integrate environmental harm into international criminal practice.
He is also the founder and former Chairperson of the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), a non-profit organization dedicated to combating illegal deforestation, reducing methane emissions, and advancing climate governance through the combined use of law, data science, and technology.
Dragomir completed his master’s academic studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade, earning the title of Master of Urban Planning. During his studies, his papers earned him several national and international awards and prizes, including competitions such as the International salon of urban planning and Climathon.
He works in RERI since 2020 as a Senior Policy Expert. His engagement in RERI relates to the areas of planning and construction, environmental protection and energy through analysis and monitoring the procedures of drafting and adopting regulations, public policy documents and development planning, as well as examining the content of technical documentation.
Darjana Macanović is a Senior Legal Advisor at RERI, where she focuses on environmental protection, energy transition, decarbonisation and corporate accountability.
She holds a law degree from the University of Belgrade and two LL.M. degrees. She earned her LL.M. in Globalisation and Law, specialising in Human Rights, at Maastricht University as a recipient of the NL-High Potential Scholarship. She also holds an LL.M. in European Integration from the University of Belgrade, where her master’s thesis explored corporate environmental due diligence obligations under EU law.
Before joining RERI, Darjana gained experience in public international law, particularly international criminal law, through her work with international courts and organisations in The Hague. She also worked in private legal practice in Belgrade, primarily in civil and commercial law, and participated in international projects focusing on human rights, the rule of law and environmental protection.
Dr Tanasije Marinković is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, where he completed his undergraduate and doctoral studies. He obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He further specialised at the University of Oxford, the Institute of Federalism in Fribourg, the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and Central European University in Budapest.
Since 2004, he has served as Secretary and subsequently as a full member of the Editorial Board of the Annals of the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. Since 2012, he has been Editor of the Legal Library at the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia. For more than ten years, he has served as Secretary-General of the Serbian Association for Constitutional Law.
He has published numerous studies and articles on constitutional law and human rights, primarily in Serbian, as well as in English and French. His publications include Electoral Systems of the European Union Member States and A Glossary of Liberal Democracy, co-authored with others.
Stefano Porfido is a Research Consultant for the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) within the EU Horizon BASE project, and a fellowship holder and the University of Fribourg, where he workson regulatory capture and lobbying.
He holds a PhD in restorative justice and environmental corporate crime from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. His research focuses on corporate sustainable governance, environmental crimes, and restorative justice.
Federica Montanaro is a postdoctoral researcher at Lisbon Public Law Research Centre, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, working on LIFE ECOFORCE, a project focused on research and training to support the implementation of the Environmental Crime Directive (EU) 2024/1203.
She obtained her PhD in Law cum laude from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, with a thesis on corporate criminal responsibility for environmental crimes at a global level. She has been a visiting research fellow at Maastricht University and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, and a Blue Book trainee at the European Commission’s DG GROW, where she worked on EU digital and product-related regulatory frameworks. She passed the Italian bar examination in 2024. Her research focuses mainly on environmental criminal law, green criminology, EU law, sustainability and corporate accountability.
Viktor Berishaj is a Senior Policy Officer at EuroNatur Foundation in Brussels, working on EU enlargement, nature conservation and environmental governance in the Western Balkans. His work focuses on strengthening environmental protection through EU policy, regional cooperation and advocacy, with particular attention to the challenges of implementing environmental commitments in practice.He leads EuroNatur’s Enlargement and Conservation Policy Hub, bringing together civil society organisations from across the region to develop common positions and engage with EU institutions and national authorities.
Previously, he led Climate Action Network Europe’s Western Balkans programme, working on climate and energy policy, coal phase-out and just transition. He has authored and co-authored numerous policy reports and publications on biodiversity, environmental governance, climate and energy, and has coordinated regional advocacy campaigns involving civil society, public institutions and local communities.
Robert is a German lawyer based in Berlin. He earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Cape Town in 2008 and has since focused his research and practice on business and human rights.
His clients include civil society organisations, policy makers, large companies and business associations. For the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a German political foundation, he has written several publications on German, European and foreign due diligence legislation. He has repeatedly appeared as an invited expert before committees of the German Bundestag and is the editor of the first handbook on Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG), Das neue Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (2021).
Maja is a Senior Legal Expert at ClientEarth, based in Brussels, where she focuses on terrestrial and freshwater environmental issues across Europe. Her work centres on promoting and enforcing compliance with EU and international environmental law.
She obtained her law degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 2014 and later graduated with distinction from the University of Strathclyde Law School, earning an LL.M. in International Economic Law in 2016.
Zhala Bayramova is an extraordinary human rights lawyer and activist whose unwavering dedication to justice and human rights has earned her international attention. Her remarkable journey exemplifies courage, resilience, and an unyielding commitment to defending the rights of the oppressed.
At the forefront of her advocacy is her tireless campaign for the release of her father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, who has been arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan since July 2023. Bayramova’s efforts have brought international attention to his plight and the broader issue of political repression in Azerbaijan.
Following her father’s arrest, her family has endured many personal attacks in state-friendly media. Despite these challenges, she continues her vital work from Sweden, where she currently resides, demonstrating remarkable resilience.
Zhala Bayramova’s exceptional courage, legal expertise, and tireless advocacy make her a truly deserving recipient of the Magnitsky Award for outstanding young activist. Her work not only highlights the ongoing human rights challenges in Azerbaijan but also serves as an inspiration to activists and human rights defenders worldwide.
MODERATORS
Tibor was born in Belgrade and graduated in Political Science from the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Political Sciences.
With over 15 years of experience in Serbia’s civil society sector, he has worked with leading NGOs on EU integration. He began his career at the People’s Office of the President of Serbia and joined the Institute for European Affairs in 2015.
In 2016, he received an Erasmus scholarship for a one-year internship in Austria, where he remained until 2021. He has also received scholarships from German political foundations, the Robert Schuman Institute and the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
Since 2021, he has worked as Program Coordinator for Energy and Environment at the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Belgrade office, managing projects on energy, mining, climate change, environment and sustainable urban mobility.
He has authored publications on European integration, anti-corruption, energy and sustainable mobility. He speaks English and intermediate German.
Stevan Vujasinović is a communications and public policy consultant with nearly 25 years of international experience in sustainable development, energy transition, climate policy and institutional development.
Throughout his career, he has held senior management and advisory positions at organisations such as UNDP, Climate Action Network Europe and the RES Foundation, as well as contributed to numerous regional and international projects across the Western Balkans and Europe. He specialises in facilitating complex multi-stakeholder dialogues and strategic public policy communications. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of London.