César Rodríguez-Garavito is the Founding Director of Earth Rights Advocacy at NYU School of Law. He is also a Professor of Clinical Law and Chair and Faculty Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law as well as a human rights and environmental justice scholar and practitioner whose interests focus on global governance, climate change, socio-economic rights, business and human rights, and the human rights movement. César additionally serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Open Global Rights and has been a strategy advisor to leading international and domestic human rights organizations in different parts of the world.

Melina De Bona is an attorney at the Earth Rights Research and Action (TERRA) Program at NYU Law and is an Adjunct Professor at the TERRA Clinic. Her work centers on the right to a healthy environment, the nexus between human rights and climate change, and legal protection for the more-than-human world. She holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Chicago (student marshall). Prior to joining TERRA, she worked in international arbitration, white-collar crime investigations, and sustainability.

Dr. David R. Boyd is a lawyer, former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (2018-2024), and a professor of law, policy, and sustainability at the University of British Columbia. He is also a father, a nature lover, the Barnacleman triathlon world record holder, a Canadian age-group ultramarathon champion and a four-time Ironman. His ten books include The Rights of Nature (ECW Press, 2017), The Optimistic Environmentalist (ECW Press, 2015), The Right to a Healthy Environment (UBC Press, 2012) and The Environmental Rights Revolution (UBC Press, 2011).

Manon Hofströssler is an LL.M. Candidate in International Legal Studies at New York University (NYU), where she currently serves as a Research Assistant for the R2HE Project. Before joining NYU, Manon completed her first law degree at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels (Belgium) in 2024, with a focus on public law. During her time at the VUB, she actively participated in several research initiatives, exploring the intersection of human rights and environmental law, deepening her expertise in these critical areas of legal study.