LAWASIA Advocacy
Envoy
The role of the LAWASIA Advocacy Envoy involves the coordination with the LAWASIA Committee Chairs for the preparation of statements to be submitted to the Executive Committee for consideration. The LAWASIA Advocacy Envoy works with the Committee Chairs on the identification and articulation of human rights, rule of law, environmental and related issues that are relevant to the objectives and mission of LAWASIA.
The current Advocacy Envoy is Matthew Baird. Matthew has been a member of LAWASIA since 1991 and has been a member of the Environmental Law Committee since that time. He is currently the Director of the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law and was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1991. He has worked extensively on the rule of law, environmental rights and environmental governance issues, in particular in ASEAN and the Pacific.
Advocacy Envoy | LAWASIA
Matthew Baird
AUSTRALIA